Hindemith: Sancta Susanna

Hindemith: Sancta Susanna 2016 Directed by Mario Martone

Paul Hindemith's one-act opera live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris on November 28, 2016

Klementia, who has been a nun for several years, is troubled by an apparition of Saint Susanna. The latter, performed by Anna Caterina Antonacci, lifts the veil on a carnal world she finds disturbing. Encouraged to confide by this awakening, Klementia recounts the passion of a young girl in the convent who many years before had stripped naked and embraced the body of Christ on the Cross. Darkness and light, life and death, body and soul all struggle and dialogue in this short, smouldering work in which the biblical figure of Susanna takes on an unparalleled psychological dimension.

Country Italy

Language Italian

Spoken Language Italian

Gnere Drama

Production Company Opéra National de Paris

Release Date 28 November 2016

50 mins