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

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. Read More

Watch Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen online. Featuring Esa-Pekka Salonen and Dawn Upshaw, Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen is classified as Music and Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was released on 1992. Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen was directed by Brooks Riley,Jean-Pierre Gorin,Peter Sellars. Read Less