The Human Voice & The Call

Presented by Opera Queensland and Brisbane Festival in association with FLUXUS, The Call & The Human Voice is set to wow audiences this September.

Held in QPAC’s Concert Hall from 20 – 24 September 2022, the double bill features two powerhouse one-woman performances from Ali McGregor (Lorelei) and Alexandra Flood (Eastern Promises) as they grapple with separate stories of loneliness, emotional disconnect and how one phone call can change everything.

Patrick Nolan, CEO & Artistic Director of Opera Queensland says of this special festival production:

In this double-bill of solo soprano performances we present two different works, both of which centre around a woman and a phone call that changes her life.

“The Call is a new Australian work, while The Human Voice was written in the 1950s and has been popularised in film with leading ladies including Sofia Loren and Tilda Swinton.

Both works allow the audiences to experience an emotional world of remarkable beauty and
tenderness.

The concept for The Call was developed by Ali McGregor (creator of Lorelei) and is based on an original story originally told by Auburn Sheaffer at The Moth. Composer Connor D’Netto and librettists Keir Nuttall and Kate Miller-Heidke bring the story to life as an opera, which will have its world premiere at Brisbane Festival.

Francis Poulenc’s The Human Voice is a modern classic telling the story of Elle (soprano Alexandra Flood), and the last conversation she has with her lover.

Both productions are directed by Patrick Nolan and feature Conductor Zoe Zeniodi leading the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, with set and costumes by Marg Horwell (The Marriage of Figaro) and lighting by Bernie Tan-Hayes.

Brisbane Festival Artistic Director, Louise Bezzina:

These two operas had so much to offer the Brisbane Festival line-up.

This double bill represents the world premiere of The Call, the Brisbane Festival debut for ‘cabaret Queen’ Ali McGregor, a Brisbane debut for Zoe Zeniodi, and Alexandra Flood’s Opera Queensland mainstage debut

We are thrilled to be able to be collaborating with Opera Queensland in presenting audiences these two short operas featuring an internationally acclaimed creative team and cast.

Opera Queensland delivers events within Queensland Health’s COVID Safe framework. If a performance is cancelled due to COVID, patrons will be offered a full refund or the opportunity to transfer to a new date.

Opera Queensland acknowledges the First Peoples of the Lands across Queensland, upon which we perform. We pay our respects to all of Queensland’s First Peoples, their ancestors and Elders, and to our shared future.

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Season Details

Venue: Concert Hall| QPAC
Date :20 – 24 Sept 2022

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