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‘Les six’ at the cabaret
from 26 to January 29, 2023
All programming

Poulenc / La Voix humaine

Orchestre National de Lille - Alexandre Bloch - Véronique Gens
Concert
Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
Duration: about 1h30 with 1 intermission

Program

Distribution

Francis Poulenc
Sinfonietta
Intermission
La Voix humaine
Orchestre National de Lille
Alexandre Bloch , conducting
Véronique Gens , soprano

Véronique Gens performs the heart-wrenching monologue of a woman on the telephone with the lover who is leaving her. The text by Cocteau, which Éluard found indecent, inspired a one-act opera by Poulenc, who seized on it as an emotional release.

Media

La Voix humaine Poulenc
Karina-Canellakis

Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie

See the venue

Getting here

Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B 

Address

221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris

To leave after this concert

taxi G7