carole farley

Thursday, 16 February
8:00pm City Hall

You are invited to indulge in a night of love conveyed through the words and music of three French writer-and-composer combinations: Baudelaire and Debussy; Parney and Ravel; Cocteau and Poulenc, in this entirely French programme.

Inspired by the passion, seduction and tempestuous affairs portrayed by the writers, the composers capture the full breadth of emotion in the baring of the soul. The programme will be performed in French by American soprano Carole Farley, who made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera at the tender age of nineteen, and will include a staged performance of Francis Poulenc’s one act opera La Voix Humaine, based on the play by Jean Cocteau. In this solo performance a woman makes a final desperate telephone call to her lover. English translation will be provided.