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.

• Paul ClaudelWriter
• Arthur HoneggerOriginal Music Composer
• Tilo KrauseDirector

• Marion CotillardJeanne d'Arc
• Alan GilbertSelf - conductor
• Côme de BellescizeSelf - stage director
• Éric Génovèsespeaker (Brother Dominique)
• Christian Gononspeaker
• Elsa Benoitsoprano (La Vierge)
• Adèle Charvetmezzo-soprano (St Marguerite)
• Anna Kissjuditcontralto (St Catherine)
• Valentyn Dytiuktenor (Porcus, a voice, first herald, clerk)
• Alex Rosenbass (a voice, second herald, a farmer)