Arthur Honegger: Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher
- Concerts
She is the national heroine of France and one of the most famous women in history: Joan of Arc, also known as the »Maid of Orléans«. Guided by divine inspiration, she was called upon to lead the fight against the English in the 15th century; in the end, she was burned at the stake. This is exactly where the dramatic oratorio »Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher« by Swiss composer Arthur Honegger comes in, with Jeanne reviewing her life in flashbacks just before her death.
Honegger dresses the partly historical, partly fictional scenes in opulent sounds that resemble film music at times, borrowing inspiration from many genres including Baroque and jazz. With the French Oscar winner Marion Cottilard (»La vie en rose«), a real Hollywood star slips into the spoken role of Joan of Arc at the Elbphilharmonie. She will be accompanied by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony under the baton of Frenchman Alain Altinoglu, who has been at the orchestra’s helm since 2021.
PERFORMERS
hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt orchestra
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien choir
Hamburger Alsterspatzen choir
Hamburger Knabenchor choir
Marion Cotillard actor
Eric Genovese actor
Ilse Eerens soprano
Isabelle Druet mezzo-soprano
Svetlana Lifar mezzo-soprano
Julien Dran tenor
Nicolas Courjal bass
Alain Altinoglu conductor
Basile Alaïmalaïs narrator
Thomas Gendronneau narrator
PROGRAM
Arthur Honegger
Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher (Joan of Arc at the Stake)
Concert performance in French with German surtitles
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