(Powder Her Face - La Monnaie / De Munt)

Content: ‘You could have a blow job aria – begins with words, ends with humming.’ Using the story of a public scandal, the librettist Philip Hensher inspired the 23-year-old British composer Thomas Adès to portray the fall of the libertine and notorious socialite beauty the Duchess of Argyll, remembered in history as the Dirty Duchess. Powder Her Face is inspired by a sex scandal in 1963 that shocked the British upper class.

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Genres:

Music

Runtime:

120 minutes

Year:

2015

Directors:

Mariusz Treliński

Actors:

Duchess

Hotel Manager/Duke/Laundryman/Other Guest

Maid/Confidante/Waitress/Mistress/Society Journalist

Lounge Lizard/Waiter/Priest/Rubbernecker/Delivery/Electrician

Crews:

Director