La voix humaine (English: The Human Voice) is a fifty-minute, one-act opera for soprano and orchestra composed by Francis Poulenc in 1958. The work is based on the play of the same name by Jean Cocteau. It is set in Paris, where a young woman is on the phone with her lover of the last five years. The break up triggers the woman's crippling depression.
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Soprano, Kathryn Frady will portray the role of Elle. TN Today's review of Frady's performance in 2017 called her performance "tour de force"
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Read Arts Knoxville's Review Here
Know Before You Go:
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Park next-door at the Laurel Church of Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike. The parking lot entrance is at the traffic light on Kingston Pike at Cherokee Boulevard. The footpath is marked. It begins at the southeast corner of the parking lot and winds past some trees to the circular driveway in front of Westwood. Should a member of your party need assistance, we can arrange for you to drop them off in front of Westwood before you park at Laurel Church.
Kathryn Frady
as Elle
Marya Barry
Stage Director
Brandon Coffer
Pianist
This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP5534 awarded to the State of Tennessee by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
