POULENC 𝘓𝘢 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘹 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦

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.