Letter to Peter (1992)

7.0/10 • 82 min • Music Documentary TV Movie

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

Peter Sellars

Self - Director

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