Letter to Peter

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.

Top Cast

Esa-Pekka SalonenSelf - Conductor

Dawn UpshawSelf - Soprano

José van DamSelf - Bass-Baritone

Urban MalmbergSelf - Baritone

John AlerSelf - Tenor

Tom KrauseSelf - Baritone

Ronald HamiltonSelf - Tenor

Peter SellarsSelf - Director