Meyerbeer : Grand Opera

Description

Famous opera composer of the 19th century (even before Mozart, Verdi, or Wagner), Giacomo Meyerbeer achieved immense success in Italy by writing operas in the style of Rossini. It is in Paris that he won his greatest triumphs with Robert le Diable (1831), Les Huguenots (1836), and Le Prophète (1849), works considered foundational to "Grand opéra français."
Meyerbeer is one of the few composers to have successfully achieved the delicate synthesis between German orchestral technique, the art of Rossinian bel canto, and the concern for French declamation.
Fascinated by his music since always, the immense soprano Diana Damrau decides to pay him the greatest tribute in this recording with the orchestra and choir of the Lyon opera under the direction of Emmanuel Villaume, also a great specialist in French music.
Diana Damrau shines with her lyricism, brilliance, and dramatic power, and introduces us to or reintroduces us to the most famous arias from 10 of Meyerbeer's greatest operas. Notably, two world premieres on record.