Saint François d'Assise / Messiaen ; Pierre Audi, stage director ; De Nederlandse Opera, NPS ; Misjel Vermeiren, director.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Vermeiren, Misjel, film director.

Audi, Pierre, stage director.

Tilling, Camilla, singer.

Gilfry, Rodney, singer.

Delamboye, Hubert, singer.

Neven, Henk, singer.

Wright, Martin (Conductor), musical director.

Metzmacher, Ingo, conductor.

Nederlandse Opera, production company.

Nederlandse Programma Stichting, production company.

Nederlands Operakoor, singer.

Residentie-Orkest (Hague, Netherlands), instrumentalist.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226--Drama.

Francis.

Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.

Operas.

Genre:

Drama.

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (4 hr., 18 min., 11 sec.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : De Nederlandse Opera : NPS, [2008]

Language Note:

Sung in French; English subtitles.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Commissioned in 1975 by the Opéra national de Paris, Olivier Messiaen's opera is here stage directed by Pierre Audi for the Nederlandse Opera. A spiritual father for the 20th century maestri (Boulez, Stokhausen or Xenakis), Olivier Messiaen was, since the beginning of the 1930s, renowned as a master of his art. A believer, a sacred music lover, but also a passionate birds lover, he initiated a huge avant-garde in orchestral music. When Rolf Liebermann commissions an opera to Olivier Messiaen, the composer first hesitates. But Messiaen has an idea: write about the monk St Francis of Assisi, the saint who is the most similar to the Christ, and who speaks to birds. It took eight years to Messiaen to compose, orchestrate and write a libretto for this hagiographic opera, premiered in 1983 under the baton of Seiji Ozawa. It is a well known fact that St Francis of Assisi, the monk who cures the lepers thanks to the infiny love God gives him, and preaches sermons to the birds, has also inspired other artists such as Petrarca or Liszt. Messiaen writes this story after the Bible, but focuses on the miracles and almost fairy elements of the tale.

Participant:

Camilla Tilling (L'Ange) ; Rod Gilfry (Saint François) ; Hubert Delamboye (Le Lépreux) ; Henk Neven (Frère Léon) ; Koor Van de Nederlandese Opera, Martin Wright, chorus master ; Residentie Orkest ; Ingo Metzmacher, conductor.

Notes:

Recorded De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Saint François d'Assise.

OCLC:

956370813

Access Restriction:

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