A woman dramatically holding an old fashioned telephone to her ear in front of a red stage curtain.

La Voix humaine & L’enfant et les sortilèges Poulenc & Ravel

  • Opera
  • Opera Australia
  • Joan Sutherland Theatre
  • Run time: 110 minutes, including 1 interval Subject to change
  • Seating map

A voice on the edge. A world that comes alive.

Experience two French masterpieces in this double bill of one act operas performed in concert.

Anna Caterina Antonacci makes her Opera Australia debut in Poulenc’s La Voix humaine, an electrifying showcase for soprano. A woman makes one final phone call with her lover, whose attentions have turned elsewhere. Over 40 gripping minutes, the full depth of her despair is laid bare.

Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges is a dark fantasy set free. In the midst of a ferocious tantrum, a child lays waste to their room — until the objects they’ve destroyed spring to life. One by one, they confront their tormentor.

Presented by Opera Australia

Event details

Cast and creatives

Conductor Andrea Battistoni
Director Claudia Osborne

La Voix humaine

Elle Anna Caterina Antonacci

L'enfant et les sortilèges

Child Margaret Plummer
Princess / Fire / Nightingale Eva Kong
Mother / Chinese Cup / Dragon Fly / Shepherd Angela Hogan
Little Old Man (Arithmetic) / Tree Frog Michael Petruccelli
Teapot Virgilio Marino
Grandfather Clock (Comtoise) / Black Cat Shane Lowrencev
Armchair / Tree Richard Anderson
White Cat / Squirrel / Shepherdess Sian Sharp
Louis XV Bergere / Bat / Screech Owl Celeste Lazarenko

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Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Joan Sutherland Theatre

The Joan Sutherland Theatre is located at the northern side of the foyer, to the left hand side of the stairs leading to the Concert Hall. Best accessed through the covered concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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