Honegger’s “Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher” with Alan Gilbert and Marion Cotillard

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

Jeanne d'Arc

Alan Gilbert

Self - conductor

Côme de Bellescize

Self - stage director

Éric Génovèse

speaker (Brother Dominique)

Christian Gonon

speaker

Elsa Benoit

soprano (La Vierge)

Adèle Charvet

mezzo-soprano (St Marguerite)

Anna Kissjudit

contralto (St Catherine)

Valentyn Dytiuk

tenor (Porcus, a voice, first herald, clerk)

Alex Rosen

bass (a voice, second herald, a farmer)