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.
Director: Jean-Pierre Gorin
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