Lothar Zagrosek, with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sang the title role with French soprano Rachel Yakar as the Angel. This recording, released on the Orfeo d'Or label, includes scenes 3, 6, 7 and 8 only. Nagano (1986): Kent Nagano, who had studied the original 1983 production, conducted a concert performance in Utrecht for release on the KRO label. Philippe Rouillon sang the title role. Nagano (1998): Nagano also helmed this complete live recording with the Hallé Orchestra and Arnold Schoenberg Choir at the Salzburg Festival in 1998 for release on Deutsche Grammophon. José van Dam returned to sing the title role. American soprano Dawn Upshaw sang the Angel, with Chris Merritt as the Leper. The opera was given a semi-staged performance as Prom 70 in the 2008 BBC Proms season and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. This was based on the recent production by Netherlands Opera. This production was filmed and issued on DVD in 2009, with Rodney Gilfry as St. Francis and Camilla Tilling as the Angel. The conductor is Ingo Metzmacher, and the stage producer is Pierre Audi. References Notes Sources Aprahamian, Felix: trans. Libretto to Saint François d'Assise. (booklet accompanying above CD). Deutsche Grammophon CD No. 445 176–2, 1999 Armstrong, Regis J., et al.: Francis of Assisi: Early Documents. New York: New City Press, 1999. pp. 113–114. Benitez, Vincent P. (2018). Olivier Messiaen: A Research and Information Guide, 2nd ed. New York and London: Routledge. . Benítez, Vincent Pérez (2019). Olivier Messiaen's Opera, Saint François d'Assise. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. . Braun, William R.: "One Saint in Three Acts." Opera News. September 2002: pp. 46–51. Bruhn, Siglind (2008). Messiaen's Interpretations of Holiness and Trinity. Echoes of Medieval Theology in the Oratorio, Organ Meditations, and Opera. Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press. . Bruhn, Siglind (2008). Messiaen's Explorations of Love and Death. Musico-poetic Signification in the Tristan Trilogy and Three Related Song Cycles. Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press. . Bruhn, Siglind (2007). Messiaen's Contemplations of Covenant and Incarnation: Musical Symbols of Faith in the Two Great Piano Cycles of the 1940s. Hillsdale, NY: Pendragon Press. . Church, John J.: "Look at the Birds of the Air...", Opera World. April, 2001. OPERA America. Corbetta, Silvia: Olivier Messiaen: Saint Françoise d'Assise, Zecchini, Dingle, Christopher: "Frescoes and Legends: the Sources and Background of Saint François d'Assise". in Christopher Dingle and Nigel Simeone (eds)