EXPLORING COCTEAU’S ‘THE HUMAN VOICE’

Claire Booth

Showroom, Sheffield
Monday 18 May 2026, 2.00pm

Tickets:
£17
£10 UC, PIP & DLA
£5 Students & Under 35s

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featuring film performances from INGRID BERGMAN, SOPHIA LOREN & TILDA SWINTON.

Ahead of our performance on Tuesday evening, a panel of music and film experts explore the Jean Cocteau masterpiece that gave rise to Poulenc’s adaptation, La Voix Humaine.

Claire Booth and guests discuss the impact and influence of various cinematic versions of the work by luminous actors and some of the greatest directors, before a screening of Pedro Almodóvar’s 30 minute version starring Tilda Swinton from 2021.

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About the Artists

Claire Booth

“An actor-singer who can raise the dramatic heat as soon as she enters the stage” (Opera Now), “that most questing, resourceful and intelligent of sopranos” (Daily Telegraph), British soprano Claire Booth has been widely acclaimed for her “radiant, rapturous, wonderfully nuanced performances” and voice of “piercing purity [and] luscious richness” (The Scotsman). She is renowned for her breadth of repertoire, and for the vitality and musicianship that she brings to the operatic stage and concert platform, with a versatility that encompasses repertoire spanning from Monteverdi and Handel, through Rossini, Berg and Britten, to a fearless commitment to the music of the present day. Booth has won the 2025 RPS Singer Award with the jury celebrating an artistry that “knows no bounds.” Read more.