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We're excited to be taking 'La Voix Humaine' to @theeverymancork in less than two months time! This incredible one-woman, one-act French opera will be performed by @marymccabesoprano - Tatyana in our production of Eugene Onegin last autumn - with @davidquigleypianist, directed by @cameronmenziesdirector It's a great opportunity to see this famous and powerful work which has inspired so many other artists and works: the opera is based on a play of the same name written by Jean Cocteau, who also directed the first opera performance in 1959. This work also inspired Almodovar's famous 'Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.' We watch a woman receive a phone call from her lover and eavesdrop as over the course of 50 minutes, her life unravels as he tells her he is in love with someone else and ends their relationship. Her mood moves from tenderness to neediness and anguish, brilliantly expressed by Poulenc’s music. It’s a powerful, emotional work, with a perspective seen from just one side of a relationship that is ending in real time and the anguish and pain that brings. We feel for ‘Elle’ and go through all the emotions with her as her life falls apart in an intense but universal story of heartbreak and loss. Sung in French with English surtitles. Image: @neilharrisonphotography Wigs and Make-Up: @nualacampbell Gown: @lindabritten Location: @hillsboroughcastle @ArtsCouncilNI #Poulenc #Cork #CorkinJune #oneactopera #onewomanopera #Cocteau #EverymanCork #heartbreak #breakup #womenonthevergeofanervousbreakdown