Opera Igor Stravinsky, Francis Poulenc, Jean Cocteau Pulcinella/La voix humaine

SAVE THE DATE - single tickets are not available for purchase yet. Will update info once tickets become available. Sharon and I have a subscription and are seated on Mezzanine Front/Center B-29-B-30.

(These are two separate performances). From the TDO website:
Pulcinella. One hundred years ago, uber impresario Sergei Diagelev commissioned a ballet with song—a comedy with music by Igor Stravinsky and sets by Pablo Picasso. The result was a unique and glittering artistic gem—-Pulcinella—-the tale of a mercurial rogue who constantly interrupts other people’s romances because the ladies can’t resist him!
Dance…. Song…and an irresistible rogue!
The Dallas Opera celebrates the 1920 premiere with a new production in collaboration with the Dallas Black Dance Theatre ), a company that “again and again proves its place in contemporary dance.” (The Washington Post) Enjoy dancers internationally praised for their artistic excellence, versatility, and explosive energy—and three brilliant young singers:

Sung in Italian with English supertitles

By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., publisher and copyright owner.

La voix humaine (The Human Voice).
Experience this extraordinary one-woman show that is dramatically riveting, emotionally raw, and
achingly personal. Poulenc’s setting of Jean Cocteau’s famous drama (played on stage by actresses
including Ingrid Bergman) takes audiences to a place where they are eavesdroppers and voyeurs.
“Racette raises the emotional ante is every portrayal” ….as Elle, “she is mesmerizing from from first to last, drawing us into her character’s increasing distress…as her life unravels around her.” – Chicago Tribune

Elle, the tragic heroine, is having one final phone call with her callous and longtime lover, who is
abandoning her for another. Her voice is all we hear of their conversation—and from feigned
indifference to panic and despair, her every emotion is searingly conveyed.
Expect a tour-de-force performance from Patricia Racette, one of the world’s greatest singing actresses.

Production by The Dallas Opera

Sung in French with English supertitles