Saint François d’Assise

Olivier Messiaen's scenes on Saint Francis of Assisi are not so much opera as oratorio, more precise: a ritual, for which Messiaen wrote one of 20th century’s most impressive and dazzling scores. The team around conductor Titus Engel and director Anna-Sophie Mahler will approach this monumental composition in a special way: The first and last act will be performed in the opera house, whilst for the part in between, the audience will join the orchestra, the choir and the soloists on a pilgrimage through the city of Stuttgart. Staged as an open-air performance both, in front of the opera house and on the open-air stage Killesberg, this work can be experienced in a completely new way: A pilgrimage with Messiaen to bring nature into the opera house. Will you join us?