Film

Hindemith: Sancta Susanna

2016 · 50m · Drama

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.

Anna Caterina Antonacci

Susanna

Renée Morloc

Klementia

Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo

Alte Nonne

Carlo Rizzi

Conductor

• Mario MartoneDirector
• August StrammWriter
• Paul HindemithOriginal Music Composer

Release date

November 28, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

50m

Genres

Drama