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Letter to Peter

Letter to Peter (1992)

Music Documentary TV Movie

Runtime: 82 minutes

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

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Self - Conductor

 Dawn Upshaw

Dawn Upshaw

Self - Soprano

 José van Dam

José van Dam

Self - Bass-Baritone
U

Urban Malmberg

Self - Baritone
J

John Aler

Self - Tenor
T

Tom Krause

Self - Baritone
R

Ronald Hamilton

Self - Tenor

 Peter Sellars

Peter Sellars

Self - Director