A Certain Silence
Franz Conducts
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23-Jun-2026
POULENC ๐๐ข ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐น ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ
Soprano Sarah Aristidou delivers a riveting, emotionally charged performance of Poulencโs ๐๐ข ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐น ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, an intimate monodrama capturing the last telephone conversation between a woman and her unseen lover.
In conversation, Aristidou describes the work as โa palette of all the human emotionsโ โ love, jealousy, anger, vulnerability โ and treasures the incomparable artistry that Music Director Franz Welser-Mรถst inspires in The Cleveland Orchestra. Reflecting on her childhood in Cyprus โ a rich tapestry of family, photography, and music, from Fairuz to Maria Callas โ Aristidou traces her artistic roots to a lifelong craving for โa certain silence,โ the stillness that invites the soul to speak.
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