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SJSU School of Music presents La Voix Humaine and Stuck Elevator

Hammer Theatre

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Poulenc’s searing one-act opera follows a desperate woman through a final phone call with her departing lover. This haunting musical monologue transforms private anguish into visceral theater, as raw emotion unfolds through Poulenc’s lush orchestration and Jean Cocteau’s unflinching text. An unforgettable portrait of love and loss. Based on the true story of Ming Kuang Chen, a Chinese food deliveryman who was trapped in a Bronx elevator for 81 h...

Program

Byron Au Yong - Stuck Elevator

Francis Poulenc - La voix humaine

Composer

Participants

Fred Cohen

Conductor

Luis Orozco

Stage Director

San Jose State University School of Music

Co-producer

Hammer Theatre