Peter Sellars presents LAGRIME DI SAN PIETRO (TEARS OF ST. PETER)

To be performed by the Los Angeles Master Chorale

October 3, 2016

World Arts and Cultures professor and renowned theater director Peter Sellars presents Lagrime di San Pietro (Tears of St. Peter) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Performances will take place on Saturday, Oct. 29 & Sunday, Oct. 30. Tickets are available on the Los Angeles Master Chorale website. 

"From the creative mind of legendary director Peter Sellars comes his very first a cappella staging and most personal work to date. Orlando di Lasso knew that Lagrime was to be the last piece he would ever compose, and so he packed every measure with an emotionally charged texture that channeled all of his pain and remorse into a towering work of beauty.

Twenty one singers transform this 60-minute sweeping a cappella Renaissance masterpiece – committed to memory and dramatically staged – into an overwhelmingly emotional performance piece. Set to the poetry of Luigi Tansillo (1510-1568), “I accept responsibility” is the fundamental theme of this work depicting the seven stages of grief that St. Peter experienced after disavowing his knowledge of Jesus on the day he was arrested.

Sellars translates Lagrime through a contemporary lens, suggesting a powerful allegory that by taking responsibility and facing our regrets head-on, we can forge a more resolved and more fulfilling future – the perfect antidote for the bitter politics and walls that divide.

This production of Lagrime di San Pietro is made possible with generous underwriting from the Lovelace Family Trust and is dedicated to the memory of Jon Lovelace in honor of the special friendship he shared with director Peter Sellars."— Los Angeles Master Chorale, Oct. 3

This article was originally posted on the Los Angeles Master Chorale website.