MARION Cotillard AFP
NEW YORK—French actress Marion Cotillard will play Joan of Arc with the New York Philharmonic in a production of Arthur Honegger’s oratorio, the orchestra announced on Thursday.
Cotillard, who won an Oscar for portraying singer Edith Piaf in the movie “La Vie en Rose” in 2008, will perform in “Joan of Arc at the Stake” for the New York Philharmonic’s season finales from June 10 to 13.
The performances mark the US premiere of director Come de Bellescize’s production of “Joan of Arc at the Stake,” which opened in Japan in 2012 and recently toured France with Cotillard. But Cotillard has repeatedly portrayed Joan of Arc in Honegger’s oratorio, a role played by her mother Niseema Theillaud as well.
Cotillard visited the Philippines recently to drumbeat the coming UN Climate Change Conference. AFP