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Special offer. Poulenc: La voix humaine & Cocteau: Le bel indifférent
Édith Piaf & Denise Duval
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique, Georges Prêtre
Awards:
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Diapason d’Or, March 2018, Réédition
Duval who created the role gives a compelling performance as Poulenc and Cocteau’s woman abandoned on the telephone, with Georges Prêtre relishing this haunting score. Edith Piaf in Cocteau’s...
Special offer. Poulenc: La voix humaine & Cocteau: Le bel indifférent
Édith Piaf & Denise Duval
Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique, Georges Prêtre
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Awards:
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Diapason d’Or, March 2018, Réédition
Duval who created the role gives a compelling performance as Poulenc and Cocteau’s woman abandoned on the telephone, with Georges Prêtre relishing this haunting score. Edith Piaf in Cocteau’s...
About
Denise Duval was Francis Poulenc’s muse, the soprano for whom he composed the roles of Blanche in Dialogues des Carmélites, Thérèse in Les Mamelles de Tirésias and “Elle” in La Voix humaine – the nameless Parisienne who, in Jean Cocteau’s skillfully crafted libretto, engages in a tortuous, one-sided telephone conversation with her lover. This compelling solo opera is paired here with a Cocteau monodrama for spoken voice, Le bel indifférent. It stars Edith Piaf, best known, of course, as France’s emblematic popular singer.
Contents and tracklist
- Orch Du Théatre Nat De L'Opéra, Denise Duval (soprano)
- Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique
- Georges Prêtre
- Orch Du Théatre Nat De L'Opéra, Denise Duval (soprano)
- Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique
- Georges Prêtre
- Edith Piaf (narrator)
Awards and reviews
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Diapason d’OrMarch 2018Réédition
June 2018
Duval who created the role gives a compelling performance as Poulenc and Cocteau’s woman abandoned on the telephone, with Georges Prêtre relishing this haunting score. Edith Piaf in Cocteau’s Le bel indifferent is a solid gold bonus.
