Marion Cotillard burns down the house—literally, operatically, spectacularly.
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.
Acting
Cotillard's voice cracks like breaking glass.
Direction
Krause makes the trial a psychedelic fever dream.
Score
Honegger's weirdo 1935 synth-orchestra hybrid slaps.
Director
Tilo Krause
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Honegger wrote this in 1935 while Europe was sliding toward fascism; the show trial structure wasn't subtle then and isn't now.
Cotillard is the first Oscar winner to headline this oratorio commercially—Paul Claudel's original libretto was considered unperformable for decades.
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