PMT PREMJERA | opera-monodrama ŽMOGAUS BALSAS

Panevėžys Musical Theatre

Francis Poulenc opera-monodrama HUMAN VOICE based on Jean Cocteau's play

Creative team:

Director, stage designer, costume designer MADIS NURMS

Music director and conductor ERKI PEHK

Light artist ANTON KULAGIN

Roles and performers:

Female - JOMANTĖ ŚLEŽAITĖ, MONIKA PLEŠKYTĖ

Panevėžys Musical Theater Orchestra (conductors E. Pehk and M. Bražas)

Conductor ERKI PEHK

The opera is performed in Lithuanian

Premiere partner – Panevėžys public health office

After the performance, there will be a discussion ART AS LIFE AND THERAPY with psychotherapist dr. By Julius Neverauskas

The Panevėžys Musical Theater presents one of the most outstanding premieres of the new season - the opera "The Voice of a Man" by the French composer Francis Poulenc ". The monodrama created almost seven decades ago based on the play of the writer, poet and playwright Jean Cocteau is now very popular in the theaters of France, Germany, Italy and other countries. Panevėžys will also have the unique opportunity to observe the profound work and its extraordinary staging. "I have no doubt that this is one of F. Poulenc's most interesting works, both in terms of musical color and plot", - asserts Erki Pehkas, the music director and conductor of the production, who is preparing this work at the Panevėžys Music Theatre.

1958 born opera is a deep emotional drama experienced by a woman betrayed by her lover. This work is called a confession by the author himself. The only performer on the stage, talking on the phone with her lover who left her, experiences grief, anger, jealousy, fading hopes, suicide threat in a short time.

What a paradox. : such a tragedy was composed by a composer famous for his cheerful manner and good sense of humor. At first, everything was intended as a joke. Once, when F. Poulenc was visiting the Milan Opera with a friend, a soloist caused a conflict on stage. The friend jokingly suggested that the composer write a monodrama in which the performer seen that evening could perform and receive a standing ovation without needlessly going crazy. Despite the cheerful motivations behind the creation of "The Human Voice", it is nevertheless said that this opera most reflects the true dark side of the energetic, innovative author's personality.

The famous opera "Human Voice" has been shown several times in Lithuania. The TV movie (1978, directed by J. Janulevičiūtė) with our unforgettable prima donna Giedre Kaukaite was particularly successful. the language is prepared by an international team of professionals from Estonia. The Panevėžys audience already knows the music director, the talented conductor of the Panevėžys Musical Theater Erki Pehkas. Director, scenographer, costume designer Madis Nurmsas is a famous artist in his hometown, whose works adorn operas, plays, ballet performances and other artistic projects in Estonia and abroad. Light artist Anton Kulaginas is famous for his ability to use light technologies to create impressive visual experiences for the audience.

The idea of ​​staging an opera presented in Panevėžys is very interesting. A prison-like, claustrophobic room in which only the main character and her only interlocutor - the telephone - emphasize the feelings of loneliness and isolation. But while watching everything, thoughts arise: is this a real prison or just a spiritual captivity. J. Cocteau and F. Poulenc presented a wonderful puzzle, and the viewer's task is to find a glimmer of hope in the gloomy story of the Woman.

It is interesting that "The Voice of Man" usually performed with piano. However, the audience in Panevėžys will be able to enjoy the original version with the orchestra.

Music theater conductor E.Pehkas does not hide: Poulenc's monodrama is a considerable challenge for him and the orchestra, because there is music here is an equal partner of the soloist, not just an accompaniment role. The orchestra creates the mood of the action and seems to maintain a conversation with the main character.

The role in the monoopera "The Voice of Man" that requires extraordinary vocal and acting talent is the dream of many soloists. In Panevėžys, Jomantė Šležaitė and Monika Pleškytė, one of the most promising opera soloists of the young Lithuanian generation, decided to join him. These singers are welcome not only on the stages of Lithuania, but also in foreign countries, they have won a number of musical awards and nominations.

After the performances of the opera-monodrama "Voice of a Man", the audience is invited to the second part of the evening, "Art as Life and Therapy", during which renowned psychotherapist Dr. Julius Neverauskas, together with other interview participants and the audience, will consider what what we see on stage says about our lives and how it can change them.

Dr. Julius Neverauskas is a doctor of medical sciences, a lecturer and supervisor, a neurologist and a psychotherapist, the president of Lithuanian cognitive and behavioral therapy, the president of the Lithuanian association of awareness-based psychology. For more than two decades, Dr. Julius Neverauskas works successfully in the field of implementing innovations in applied psychology, psychotherapy and increasing human potential. In Lithuania, he started applying and developing modern psychotherapy methods such as cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based methodologies. He is the head and supervisor of the KET therapist training course at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. He has been working as a doctor and psychotherapist for 30 years. Dr. Julius Neverauskas constantly improves himself and gives lectures and conducts classes in foreign countries.

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