Letter to Peter

Overview

Jean-Pierre Gorin filmed the rehearsals and premiere of Saint Francis, Olivier Messiaen's monumental opera directed for the Salzburg Music Festival by the American wunderkind Peter Sellars. The result was a first-person documentary in the form of a letter.

Cast

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Self - Conductor

Dawn Upshaw

Self - Soprano

José van Dam

Self - Bass-Baritone

Urban Malmberg

Self - Baritone

John Aler

Self - Tenor

Tom Krause

Self - Baritone

Ronald Hamilton

Self - Tenor

Peter Sellars

Self - Director