Olivier Messiaen - Saint François d’Assise, complete (1983) (English Subtitles)
Composer: Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992)
Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano
Saint Francis: José van Dam
The Angel: Dawn Upshaw
The Leper: Christ Merritt
Brother Leo: Urban Malmberg
Brother Messeo: John Aler
Brother Elias: Guy Renard
Brother Bernard: Tom Krause
Brother Sylvester: Akos Banlaky
Brother Rufus: Dirk D’Ase
Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor directed by Erwin Ortner
(More detailed timestamps and descriptions are in the videos linked for each act)
Act I: ()
0:00:00 Scene I - La Croix (The Cross). Brother Leo and Francis ponder what is the perfect joy.
0:20:07 Scene II - Les Laudes (Lauds). Francis prays he may learn to love a leper.
0:37:27 Scene III - Le baiser au lépreux (The Kissing of the Leper). Francis meets a leper, learns to love him, and cures him.
Act II: ()
1:06:50 Scene IV - L’ange voyage
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