(Poulenc: La Voix Humaine / Bartók: Le Château de Barbe-Bleue)

Content: 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”…

Countries:

France,

Germany

Genres:

Music,

Drama

Runtime:

121 minutes

Year:

2018

Directors:

Stéphane Metge

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Production companies:

Arthaus Musik,

Opéra National de Paris,

Telmondis

Actors:

Duc Barbe-Bleue

Judith

Him (silent role)

Her

Self - Conductor

Crews:

Producer

Director

Music

Lighting Design

Stage Director