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Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen (1992)

ALL 01/01/1992 (en) Music, Documentary 82 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1992
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  • Original title
    Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
  • Original language
    en
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Overview

In 1992, Olivier Messiaen's epic opera "Saint François d'Assise" was brought to the Salzburg Festival in a staging by Peter Sellars. The distinct visual appearance that Sellars lent to the opera, where video monitors with powerful images are used as a sort of high-tech metaphor for a cathedral's stained glass, drew critical acclaim and is still talked about as a watershed moment in opera to this day. This film here is a 75-minute documentary on the 1992 staging. Jean-Pierre Gorin filmed Sellars, baritone José van Dam (St. Francis) soprano Dawn Upshaw (The Angel), and the LA Philharmonic and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen as they rehearsed for the big day. There are interviews with these artists, though Sellars gets most of the screen time. The documentary is very much about Sellars' vision for Messiaen's theatrical drama. Very little is said about Messiaen's music.

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Manfred Frei

    Producer



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  1. Esa-Pekka Salonen

    Conductor

  2. Peter Sellars

    Director

  3. George Tsypin

    Set Designer

  4. Dunya Ramicova

    Costume Designer

  5. James F. Ingalls

    Lighting Designer

  6. Dawn Upshaw

    Soprano

  7. José van Dam

    Bass-Baritone

  8. Urban Malmberg

    Baritone

  9. John Aler

    Tenor

  10. Tom Krause

    Baritone

  11. Ronald Hamilton

    Tenor

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Casts : 11 , Crews : 7

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Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen (1992) 82 Min

ALL 01/01/1992 (en)
Music, Documentary
  • Release 01/01/1992
  • Production
  • Original title Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In 1992, Olivier Messiaen's epic opera "Saint François d'Assise" was brought to the Salzburg Festival in a staging by Peter Sellars. The distinct visual appearance that Sellars lent to the opera, where video monitors with powerful images are used as a sort of high-tech metaphor for a cathedral's stained glass, drew critical acclaim and is still talked about as a watershed moment in opera to this day. This film here is a 75-minute documentary on the 1992 staging. Jean-Pierre Gorin filmed Sellars, baritone José van Dam (St. Francis) soprano Dawn Upshaw (The Angel), and the LA Philharmonic and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen as they rehearsed for the big day. There are interviews with these artists, though Sellars gets most of the screen time. The documentary is very much about Sellars' vision for Messiaen's theatrical drama. Very little is said about Messiaen's music.

  1. Jean-Pierre Gorin

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Manfred Frei

    Producer



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