Requiem for Fanny

The story

Requiem for Fanny recreates the world of Felix Mendelssohn, to the musical accompaniment of his beautiful String Quartet No. 2. In a period setting, actors and dancers perform around and about the musicians, evoking the composer's happy childhood and sophisticated milieu, as well as his close relationship with Goethe and his symbiotic relationship with his sister Fanny, herself a major composer.

Cast & crew

Le Quatuor Claudel

Le Quatuor ClaudelOrchestra

Vlasta VranaNarrator

Paul-Antoine Taillefer

Paul-Antoine TailleferFelix Mendelssohn

Estelle Clareton

Estelle ClaretonFanny Mendelssohn

Ariane Pare Brass

Ariane Pare BrassYoung Fanny Mendelssohn