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Neither (I nor Not I)

By Francesca_Placanica | 31 March 2017

Neither (I nor Not I), our short-film based on the one-woman opera Neither by Morton Feldman and Samuel Beckett, is the second output of my IRC funded project ‘En-Gendering Monodrama’. Our production was awarded funding from the Short-Grass short-film award of the Kildare County Council. The film showcases our original adaptation of the score, realized […]

Posted in Artistic Research, News, Performance, premiere, Presentations, Production, Uncategorized and tagged as Artistic Research, En-Gendering Monodrama, Feldman, IRC, Maynooth University, Monodrama, Neither, public engagement.

A Review from the premiere of ‘La Voix humaine’

By Francesca_Placanica | 17 March 2017

It is my pleasure to introduce the following review, written by musicologist, academic lecturer, journal editor-in-chief, Dr Susanna Pasticci, who attended the premiere of the production as a member of the audience during the conference Music and Visual Cultures, in July 2016. Lights and darkness in the solitude of the number “one” La Voix humaine (text by Jean Cocteau, music by Francis […]

Posted in Artistic Research, News, Performance, premiere, Review and tagged as Artistic Research, En-Gendering Monodrama, La Voix humaine, public engagement.

‘La Voix humaine’, Dublin Music Town 2017

By Francesca_Placanica | 11 March 2017

Thrilled to announce we made it into the line-up of Dublin Music Festival Music Town 2017! Our application went through a revision and competition process against a number of exciting music projects and events encompassing musical styles and genres. And… we made it! A fully staged production of Francis Poulenc’s one-performer opera La Voix humaine comes to […]

Posted in Artistic Research, Diary, News, Performance, Recitals, Uncategorized and tagged as Artistic Research, Embodied Research, En-Gendering Monodrama, La Voix humaine, Music Town, public engagement.

Recent News

  • Neither (I nor Not I) @ Diffrazioni Festival
    20 March 2019
  • Neither (I nor Not I): A premiere.
    22 September 2017
  • Embodied Monologues 2017: Conference Report
    21 June 2017
  • La Voix humaine @ Music Town Dublin
    1 June 2017
  • Neither (I nor Not I): Shooting in Central Dublin
    20 May 2017

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Francesca has proven herself to be not only a brilliant musician, but also one of the best actors with whom I have worked.

Marciem Bazell
Meadows Opera Director, Dallas

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