An evening of Gallic delights featuring Poulenc's most light-hearted and rarely-performed opera and Fauré's intimate, celestial Requiem. Les mamelles de Tirésias* is a setting of Apollinaire's surreal burlesque, in which ardent feminist °Õ³óé°ùè²õ±ð decides to become a man, Tirésias, and fight wars, leaving her husband to repopulate the country by giving birth to 40,049 children in a single day! Poulenc conjures up all the undercurrents in the poet's fierce, absurd and often hilarious lines. Canadian soprano Hélène Guilmette takes on the role of the truculent and unpredictable heroine. In complete contrast, the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Symphony Chorus joins the soloists for Fauré's much-loved Requiem, a tender work of consolation, played at his own funeral.
*Concert staging. Sung in French with English surtitles.
Please note Vitali Rozynko replaces David Wilson-Johnson as Policeman/Theatre Director.
