La voix humaine

forty-minute, one-act opera for soprano and orchestra composed by Francis Poulenc in 1958, based on the play of the same name by Jean Cocteau
MusicRecording dramatico_musical_work Q36084
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La voix humaine

Summary

La voix humaine is a dramatico-musical work[1]. It draws 253 Wikipedia views per month (dramatico_musical_work category, ranking #377 of 2,893).[2]

Key Facts

  • La voix humaine's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[3].
  • La voix humaine's composer is recorded as Francis Poulenc[4].
  • La voix humaine's librettist is recorded as Jean Cocteau[5].
  • La voix humaine's genre is tragédie en musique[6].
  • La voix humaine's genre is opera[7].
  • La voix humaine's based on is recorded as The Human Voice[8].
  • La voix humaine's Commons category is recorded as La voix humaine[9].
  • La voix humaine's language of work or name is recorded as French[10].
  • 1958 marks the founding of La voix humaine[11].
  • La voix humaine was released on 2000[12].
  • La voix humaine's characters is recorded as Elle[13].
  • La voix humaine's date of first performance is recorded as February 6, 1959[14].
  • La voix humaine's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'La voix humaine'}[15].
  • La voix humaine's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q421744', 'amount': '+1'}[16].
  • La voix humaine's location of first performance is recorded as Opéra-Comique[17].
  • La voix humaine's form of creative work is recorded as opera[18].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Opera[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9fa06884-d93a-4aa5-a649-de39fc7b11d0[20]

Why It Matters

La voix humaine draws 253 Wikipedia views per month (dramatico_musical_work category, ranking #377 of 2,893).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Archivio Storico Ricordi. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language of work or name French
    Number of parts of this work {'unit': 'Q421744', 'amount': '+1'}
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    Composer Francis Poulenc
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