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

Los Angeles Philharmonic
Peter Sellars - director
Esa-Pekka Salonen - conductor
Arnold Schoenberg Chor - chorus
Dawn Upshaw - soprano
José van Dam - bass-baritone
Ronald Hamilton - tenor
Urban Malmberg - baritone
John Aler - tenor
Tom Krause - baritone
George Tsypin - set designer
Dunya Ramicova - costume designer
James Ingalls - lighting desinger
Acte I, Tableau 1, Chorus #16
Acte II, Tableau 4, entrance of the Angel, music only
Acte I, Tableau 1, Saint François #15
Acte II, Tableau 5, Saint François #93
Acte II, Taleau 5, the angel musician, music only
Acte I, Tableau 3, the Leper, the Angel & Saint François #50/52
Acte I, Tableau 3, the Leper & Saint François, #53/58
Acte II, Tableau 6, Saint François, music only
Acte III, Tableau 7, Chorus #133
A film by Jean-Pierre Gorin
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[@dorotheanicolai8549]

thank you for updoading.

[@p911c32]

Probably the most inspiring musical event I ever witnessed. And the greatest production I ever saw at the Salzburg Festival.

[@LOFTmusicChannel]

Thank you. You witnessed it in real (1992) or with this video?

[@p911c32]

I was there at 3 evenings 1992 in the Felsenreitschule. For me, the Mortier era were the golden years. Btw, shook hands with Messiaen 1991 at Wien Modern festival, unforgettable memories. He was celebrated like a king.

[@p911c32]

which he was 😀

[@drbarbarabaker]

Why isn't there a film of the performance.

[@timothytikker3834]

We can do better: here's a video of the world première performance, Paris Opéra 1983, the production done under the composer's direct and scrupulous supervision: th-cam.com/video/TCme745Mhms/w-d-xo.html

[@DomisylirAppallith]

why are there not subtitles in this documentary?

[@timothytikker3834]

"I have great respect for the director, Peter Sellars, who produced Saint François at Salzburg in 1992 and later in Paris. But what made me very angry is that he invented a second Angel, one that doesn't exist in the score, and Angel who danced and mimed. Messiaen would have categorically forbidden that. I tried my utmost to dissuade him, with tears in my eyes, and I am convinced that Messiaen wouldn't have approved of what he did because it is _false_. But I could do nothing, and when it came to it there were enormous miscalculations in the production..." -- Yvonne Loriod (Messiaen's widow), interviewed by Peter Hill in _The Messiaen Companion_, Amadeus Press, p. 300.

[@elenawinellcomposer]

50:40 - 51:00....oof