Meyerbeer: Le Prophete (The Prophet) (Vol. 2)

Elizabeth DeShong, John Osborn, London Symphony Orchestra, Mané Galoyan, Sir Mark Elder

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The Prophet (Le Prophète) is a Stereo & 5.1 Channel Surround Sound DSD Opera Triple Album.  Featuring the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Mark Elder and a host of solo artists.

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Recorded live in concert at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 2023, this album sees the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sir Mark Elder join forces with Lyon Opera Chorus, Maîtrise des Bouches-du-Rhône, the Mediterranean Youth Orchestra, and an incredible cast of soloists to bring to life Meyerbeer’s visionary historical drama, Le Prophète (The Prophet).

The opera is based on a true story. In the 1500s, a charismatic innkeeper was converted to Anabaptism by itinerant preachers. After becoming a preacher himself, he came to Münster and established a tyrannical rule, renaming it Jerusalem and proclaiming himself king, before later being killed.

Add to this a bride who is a fighter, and the most formidable mother figure ever shown on an operatic stage, and Le prophète is the quintessential grand opera – a spectacular large-scale work that made the Paris Opera the leading stage in Europe, and Meyerbeer a composer admired and envied by the greatest.

An indisputable highlight of the festival was July 15’s concert performance of Le prophète. […] The evening was broadcast live on Radio France, but the achievement of Elder and everyone else here deserves wider currency and it would be tragic if a recording was not forthcoming”
– Opera Magazine

“This was certainly a night to remember”
– OperaWire


London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder, Conductor

Lyon Opera Chorus
Maîtrise des Bouches-du-Rhône
Mediterranean Youth Orchestra

John Osborn – Jean de Leyde
Elizabeth DeShong – Fidès
Mané Galoyan – Berthe
James Platt – Zacharie
Edwin Crossley-Mercer – Le comte d’Oberthal
Guilhem Worms – Mathisen
Valerio Contaldo – Jonas
Maxime Melnik, Hugo Santos, David Sánchez – Soldats

Tracklist

Please note that the below previews are loaded as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.
1.
Acte III No. 12a Entracte.
01:38
2.
Acte III No. 12b Chœur des anabaptistes. 'Du sang!'
02:01
3.
Acte III No. 13a Couplets de Zacharie. 'Aussi nombreux'
02:33
4.
Acte III No. 13b Scène. 'Voici la fin du jour!'
01:07
5.
Acte III No. 14a L'Arrivée des patineurs. 'Voici les fermières'
01:54
6.
Acte III No. 14b Pantomime.
10:00
7.
Acte III No. 15a Premier Air de ballet. Valse.
01:16
8.
Acte III No. 15b Deuxième Air de ballet. Pas de la Redowa.
01:01
9.
Acte III No. 15c Troisième Air de ballet. Quadrille des patineurs.
01:29
10.
Acte III No. 15d Quatrième Air de ballet. Galop.
02:40
11.
Acte III No. 15e Scène (après la danse). 'Livrez vous au repos frères'
02:45
12.
Acte III No. 16b Scène. 'Quel air pensif et soucieux'
06:37
13.
Acte III No. 17 Chœur des soldats révoltés. 'Par toi Münster nous fut promis'
01:42
14.
Acte III No. 18a Scène. 'Qui vous a sans mon ordre'
03:08
15.
Acte III No. 18b Prière. 'Dieu puissant!'
04:57
16.
Acte III No. 18c Récitatif. 'Grand Prophète ton peuple se relève et tu règnes!'
01:02
17.
Acte III No. 19 Hymne triomphal. 'À Münster! Roi du ciel et des anges'
03:56
18.
Acte IV No. 21 Complainte de la mendiante. 'Donnez pour une pauvre âme'
03:23
19.
Acte IV No. 22a Scène. 'Un pauvre pèlerin!'
48:00
20.
Acte IV No. 22b Duo. 'Pour garder à ton fils'
07:02
21.
Acte IV No. 22b Duo. 'Un matin'
04:06

Total time: 01:52:17

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Recording Location

Grand Théâtre de Provence, France, for the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence 2023, on 15 July 2023

Producer

Stephen Johns

Audio Engineers

Classic Sound Ltd

Release Date June 28, 2024

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