Variety

Saint Francois D’Assise

It's taken two decades for Olivier Messiaen's opera to get a U.S. staging.This first Stateside production, Nicolas Brieger's for San Francisco Opera, is an uncompromising read of this challenging work ...
Napa Valley Register

San Francisco Opera premieres 'St. Francois d'Assise'

SAN FRANCISCO — With a 97-piece orchestra overflowing into the audience and a 25-pound score that requires an octopus-like conductor, Olivier Messiaen's "St. Francois d'Assise" is the biggest project ...
Observer

While U.S. Companies Struggle, German Opera Houses Move Ahead Ambitiously

Since their closure in 2020 due to the coronavirus, American opera houses have been struggling to regain their financial footing—and their audiences. Most have reduced the number of performances they ...
Moviefone

Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen

In 1992, Olivier Messiaen's epic opera "Saint François d'Assise" was brought to the Salzburg Festival in a staging by Peter Sellars. The distinct visual appearance that Sellars lent to the opera, ...