Letter to Peter Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992 Factual, Music, TV Movie 82 mins

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.

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Cast

Esa-Pekka Salonen as Self - Conductor

Dawn Upshaw as Self - Soprano

José van Dam as Self - Bass-Baritone

Urban Malmberg as Self - Baritone

John Aler as Self - Tenor

Tom Krause as Self - Baritone

Ronald Hamilton as Self - Tenor

Peter Sellars as Self - Director

Crew

Brooks Riley Assistant Director

Felix Kränkl Camera Operator

Manfred Frei Producer

Rainer Mockert Executive Producer

Walter Rektorik Camera Operator

Jean-Pierre Gorin Director

Peter Sellars Stage Director

George Tsypin Set Designer

International Titles

Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen Trailer

International Releases Dates

France 01 January 1992

Production Companies

ORF

La Sept

LOFT Music

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