Actress Meryl Streep on Friday at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique in the role of reciter in a show by Rufus Wainwright

A concert event Friday June 14 at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, in Paris : Dream Requiem, a creation by North American singer and musician Rufus Wainwright, in the company of the various Radio France orchestras. And as a bonus a certain Meryl Streep who will play the role of the reciter.

In February, Rufus Wainwright himself announced the Friday evening concert, citing among others the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the Finn Mikko Franck, and promising a surprise, which we now know will take place. is about the great American actress Meryl Streep. “For me, it’s a privilege to sit in the middle of this orchestra, because this orchestra specifically is so precise and moves like a living organism. It makes me cry every time,” says the actress in a documentary currently being filmed.

A brilliant and jack-of-all-trades artist, Rufus Wainwright has already written two operas, for example, and this new creation was inspired by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, which he recounted on Thursday on France Musique. “I’m immersed a little in classical music, I heard the Requiem by Verdi and then after two hours, I had become an opera fan.”

The show, which will then be performed in Barcelona, ​​London or Los Angeles, in particular, is sold out on Friday evening, but it is possible to follow it live on France Musique and Arte concert.