Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
La Voix humaine

Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
Le Téléphone

Carole Farley (Elle/Lucy)
Russell Smyth (Ben)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
José Serebrier, direction
Mike Newman, mise en scène

LA VOIX HUMAINE (Poulenc) / THE TELEPHONE (Menotti) Soprano Carole Farley turns in virtuoso performances in brilliantly staged productions of two classic twentieth-century operas that dramatize the humorous and tragic potential of that indispensable accessory, the telephone. Russell Smythe joins Farley in the Menotti opera; the Poulenc is a monodrama. José Serebrier leads the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Color, Stereo, 65 min.