{"id":24027,"date":"2025-08-11T11:30:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/forestallningar\/debussy-and-poulenc-on-tour\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T15:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:54:13","slug":"debussy-and-poulenc-on-tour","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/norrlandsoperan.se\/en\/programme\/debussy-and-poulenc-on-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Debussy and Poulenc on tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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French evening with colourful world soprano<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The Little Suite, or Petite Suite<\/em> as it is called in French, is a real evergreen <\/em>when it comes to the classical repertoire. Debussy’s short orchestral suite in four movements is immediately recognizable. Even if you don’t know the title, you like to hum along with the rocking, light and inimitable melodies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same applies to Gabriel Faur\u00e9’s orchestral suite Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/em> \u2013 originally a scenic piece of music based on Maurice Maeterlinck’s symbolist drama from 1892 of the same name. A play about repressed passion and unrequited love that has come to inspire a number of prominent fin-de-si\u00e8cle composers, ranging from Debussy to Sibelius already mentioned in the programme. At the turn of the century, Faur\u00e9 transformed the songs into an orchestral suite. M\u00e9lisande’s song was deleted, the third movement, Sicilienne, <\/em>with its winding beautiful flute melody, has come to be perhaps the most famous, still beloved by many, to this day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the intermission, it is time for the evening’s main guest, the French coloratura soprano Patricia Petibon. This evening she offers French 20th-century opera in the best style. La Voix humaine<\/em> by Francis Poulenc is an act opera based on Jean Cocteau’s famous play Vox Humana<\/em>, and portrays a woman who says goodbye to her lover over the phone. A perfect work for Petibon that combines dramatic nerve, vocal expression and technical ability. The conductor of the evening is the house’s own Eduardo Strausser. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Want to enjoy some fun mingling before the concert?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the concert, The Wood Hotel by Elite will serve drinks and light snacks in the South Foyer. The restaurant opens 45 minutes before the event starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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