Honegger’s “Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher” with Alan Gilbert and Marion Cotillard (2024)
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Overview
On June 8, 2024, Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for a performance of Arthur Honegger’s oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher (Joan of Arc at the Stake), conducted by Alan Gilbert, performed at the Berliner Philharmonie in Berlin, Germany and broadcast live on Digital Concert Hall, the online concert hall of the Berliner Philharmonie. In the oratorio, Joan of Arc looks back on her life, her visions, and her successes during a show trial in which she is sentenced to be burned at the stake.
Cast
- Marion Cotillard as Jeanne d'Arc
- Alan Gilbert as Self - conductor
- Côme de Bellescize as Self - stage director
- Éric Génovèse as speaker (Brother Dominique)
- Christian Gonon as speaker
- Elsa Benoit as soprano (La Vierge)
- Adèle Charvet as mezzo-soprano (St Marguerite)
- Anna Kissjudit as contralto (St Catherine)
- Valentyn Dytiuk as tenor (Porcus, a voice, first herald, clerk)
- Alex Rosen as bass (a voice, second herald, a farmer)