La Voix humane

Crucible Playhouse55 Norfolk St, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, S1 1DA, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Tuesday 19 May 2026

19:00

Programme

Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	La Dame de Monte-Carlo, FP 180
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	Toréador, FP 11
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	Cocardes, FP 16a
Durey, Louis (1888-1979)	Trois Chansons basques, Op.23
Auric, Georges (1899-1983)	8 Poèmes de Jean Cocteau
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974)	Trois Poèmes de Jean Cocteau
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)	La Voix humaine	Libretto by Jean Cocteau

Performers

Claire Booth	Soprano
Christopher Glynn	Piano

Claire Booth is joined by GRAMMY-winning pianist Christopher Glynn to present Poulenc’s searing operatic melodrama. Take a seat at the heart of the action to absorb this most intimate operatic setting of Jean Cocteau’s ground-breaking play, eavesdropping on a life in the balance.

Opening with a bravura tour through a variety of songs influenced by Cocteau’s poetry, you are invited to a recital which becomes an opera like no other.

Tickets:

£23

£14 UC, PIP & DLA

£5 Students & Under 35s

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Soprano on hold: Danielle de Niese on filming La Voix humaine

Mark Pullinger, 6th April

Poulenc on primetime: Francis Poulenc's opera, based on Cocteau's play, comes to the small screen this Easter, filmed on location in Paris and starring soprano Danielle de Niese.