CLAUDIA TOMAZ
Opera Project
The human voice
A One Act Opera by Francis Poulenc
Adapted from Jean Cocteau’s play, La Voix Humaine, 1930
Opera Director: Alejandro Bonatto
Video: Claudia Tomaz
visual ideas | work in progress | images | references
A woman
in a bedroom on the phone
References of women's faces
40's films | black & white | emotions | shadows
the space as conductor of emotions
Opera
opera singer
two pianos
a clarinet
stage design
lighting
video projections
Soprano
Natalia Lemercier
The theatre
Charing Cross Theatre
Visual ideas for video projections
A window
A screen-window in the dark
impressions of tree-leaves-shadows moving
in a poetic approach
the images become more abstract or vivid or fade away
as they reflect her inner space and memories
nature elements / seasons, may mirror her inner states
Letters & Memories
Letters, photographs, objects, memories
may appear amongst the reflections and shadows
images have texture, layers, density
they are projected on the window-screen
or another element on stage
Slides
I found some slides
they are mainly of nature, trees, flowers, clouds, sunsets
very good quality
as we mentioned the possibility of using slides,
I attach a few pictures as reference
could project them and film projections to use as a layer
final part & light design
"YOUR VOICE SURROUNDING MY NECK"
I saw these images of a show and thought
this sort of lighting could be interesting
for the final scene
perhaps instead of all
the memories / images coming together
to focus on the play / present moment:
Lighting gradually going red
on the screen:
explore images of the phone cord around her throat
as a close up of the human voice,
her suffering, a suicide?
B&W and RED
videos for inspiration
trees and nature
through window
as inner emotional landscape
projection on glass
window-mirror-reflection
the face-landscape
