Powder Her Face - La Monnaie / De Munt
‘You could have a blow job aria – begins with words, ends with humming.’ Using the story of a public scandal, the librettist Philip Hensher inspired the 23-year-old British composer Thomas Adès to portray the fall of the libertine and notorious socialite beauty the Duchess of Argyll, remembered in history as the Dirty Duchess. Powder Her Face is inspired by a sex scandal in 1963 that shocked the British upper class.
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Powder Her Face - La Monnaie / De Munt
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Sep 22, 2015
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
Music
Original Title
Powder Her Face - La Monnaie / De Munt
Director
Mariusz Treliński
Description
‘You could have a blow job aria – begins with words, ends with humming.’ Using the story of a public scandal, the librettist Philip Hensher inspired the 23-year-old British composer Thomas Adès to portray the fall of the libertine and notorious socialite beauty the Duchess of Argyll, remembered in history as the Dirty Duchess. Powder Her Face is inspired by a sex scandal in 1963 that shocked the British upper class.
