A Certain Silence
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23-Jun-2026
Soprano Sarah Aristidou delivers a riveting, emotionally charged performance of Poulenc’s La voix humaine, an intimate monodrama capturing the last telephone conversation between a woman and her unseen lover.
In conversation, Aristidou describes the work as “a palette of all the human emotions” — love, jealousy, anger, vulnerability — and treasures the incomparable artistry that Music Director Franz Welser-Möst inspires in The Cleveland Orchestra. Reflecting on her childhood in Cyprus — a rich tapestry of family, photography, and music, from Fairuz to Maria Callas — Aristidou traces her artistic roots to a lifelong craving for “a certain silence,” the stillness that invites the soul to speak.
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