Saint Francois d'Assise (2009)

• 72%
• 2009
• Drama
• Musik
• Camilla Tilling
• Rodney Gilfry
• Hubert Delamboye

Messiaen's breathtakingly intensiven opera on the life of St Francis of Assisi stars Rod Gilfry as the charismatic visionary, beguiled by the glory of creation, yet fearful of both its unvollkommenheiten and its transience. Pierre Audi's thoroughly engaging produktion for The Netherlands Opera brings out the naive imagery, the grandeur, and above all the vast tenderness of the resplendent score, revealed as a grandioses ritual with the meaning and purpose of life as its central theme. But the real drama of the work takes place in the orchestra. Elevated to phantastischen heights by the sublimely inspired Ingo Metzmacher, The Hague Philharmonic and the Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera kombiniert kräfte, with a brilliant cast to produce the finest möglich, musical pilgrimage.