LA VOIX
HUMAINE

First part

Night and other melodies

Dates:
July 26 at 7:30 p.m.
July 28 at 2pm
Location:
Théâtre La Bordée
Running time:
1 h 50, including a 20-minute intermission
Prices:
Regular $49 to $59
30 and under $35
16 and under (accompanied by an adult) $20
Wheelchair $35
30% discount with Festicarte

Tickets online and at Théâtre La Bordée box office
418 694-9721

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A coproduction of the Festival d'opéra de Québec and Jeunesses Musicales Canada

Lyric tragedy in one act

By Francis Poulenc

Based on a monologue by Jean Cocteau

This year’s co-production with Jeunesses Musicales Canada presents a double program in which comedy gives way to human drama. Poulenc’s La voix humaine takes on an almost verisimilitude of its own, as an amorous breakup is woven into the banal words of a telephone exchange. In this painful monologue, a woman, played by Innu soprano Elisabeth St-Gelais, tries to talk to her lover, gently exposing her sadness and pain at being abandoned on the telephone.

Je chante la nuit et autres mélodies (Night and other melodies)

In the first half, baritone Olivier Bergeron presents a selection of French melodies, where lightness contrasts with the lyrical tragedy of the second half. French operetta arias unite with Poulenc’s La voix humaine to form a rich, daring and contrasting whole.

Project Masters

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Direction musicale

Louise Pelletier

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Mise en scène

Thomas Lussier

MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Louise Pelletier

STAGE DIRECTOR: Thomas Lussier

SCRIPTWRITER: Pascal Blanchet

SETS AND PROPS: Vivienne Angélique

COSTUMES: Émily Wahlman

LIGHTING: Nat Descôteaux

MAKE-UP: Marjorie Hardy

Distribution

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LA VOIX HUMAINE

Elisabeth St-Gelais

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PINANISTE, LA VOIX HUMAINE

Louise Pelletier

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BARYTON

Olivier Bergeron

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PIANISTE, PREMIÈRE PARTIE

Rebecca Klassen-Wiebe

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