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Franciscan virtues for a modern age: a multimedia Messiaen remix in Hamburg

Jacques Imbrailo and Anna Prohaska
© Bernd Uhlig
Saint François d'Assise
© Bernd Uhlig
Kent Nagano and Anna Prohaska
© Bernd Uhlig
Saint François d'Assise
© Bernd Uhlig
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“a blueprint for a sympathetically poetic and inward interpretation”
Reviewed at Elbphilharmonie: Grand Hall, Hamburg on 2 June 2024
Messiaen, Saint François d'Assise (Semi-staged)
Staatsoper Hamburg
Kent Nagano, Conductor
Georges Delnon, Scenic design
Thomas Jürgens, Scenic design
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper
Julia Mottel, Scenic design
Jacques Imbrailo, Saint François
Anna Prohaska, L'Ange
Anthony Gregory, Le Lépreux
Kartal Karagedik, Frère Léon
Dovlet Nurgeldiyev, Frère Massée
Andrew Dickinson, Frère Elie
David Minseok Kang, Frère Bernard
Niklas Mallmann, Frère Rufin
Florian Eggers, Frère Sylvestre
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