Poulenc's The Human Voice / Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle

Synopsis

Running through Bartók’s disenchanted tale, whose haunting music was initially condemned as unplayable, and the expression of despair in Poulenc’s monologue, the director Krzysztof Warlikowski perceives a shared dramatic thread, a shared feminine consciousness and a shared sense of imprisonment and suffocation: for the woman who penetrates the confines of Bluebeard’s castle and Elle, the woman who clings to a telephone conversation with a man as the only thing worth living for, are condemned to share the same fate. And this man she speaks to, does he really exist? Unless the director has interpreted Cocteau’s words to the letter and the telephone has become a “terrifying weapon that leaves no trace, makes no noise”…

Main Cast

John Relyea

Duc Barbe-Bleue

Age : 52 | Popularity : 3%

Ekaterina Gubanova

Judith

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Claude Bardouil

Him (silent role)

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Barbara Hannigan

Her

Age : 53 | Popularity : 3%

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Self - Conductor

Age : 65 | Popularity : 3%

Paris Opera Orchestra

Self

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Jean Cocteau Béla Balázs
Directing	Director	Stéphane Metge Stéphane Lissner
	Stage Director	Krzysztof Warlikowski
Production	Producer	Antoine Perset Denis Morlière Laurent Métivier
Sound	Music	Francis Poulenc Béla Bartók
Art	Set Designer	Małgorzata Szczęśniak
Lighting	Lighting Design	Felice Ross
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