Monsieur Jacques
Donald Macleod follows a young ambitious Giacomo Meyerbeer, as he settles in the French capital in the 1820s, and is about to produce a worldwide musical phenomenon.
With smash hits including 'Robert le diable', 'Les Huguenots' and 'Le Proph猫te', Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) was one of the most performed composers on the 19th-century stages: (re)discover the celebrated King of Grand Opera, in his own quasi-operatic life of sparkling successes, plot twists and travelling adventures, but also of prejudice and hardship.
Dancing ghouls, a sudden wedding and collectable figurines for fans... In the third act of the adventures of Meyerbeer, our protagonist arrives in Paris and conquers the hearts of French music lovers with a devilishly good opera, while having his own heart conquered by his new bride.
Margherita d鈥橝njou
Act II. "Che bell鈥檃lba!" (Chorus)
Robin Leggate, tenor
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry, conductor
Il crociato in Egitto
Act 2, Scene 8: "D鈥檜na madre disperata鈥�" (Palmide)
Diana Damrau, soprano
Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra National de Lyon
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
A une jeune m猫re
Sivan Rotem, soprano
Jonathan Zak, piano
Robert le diable
Act IV. Cavatine: "Robert, toi que j鈥檃ime" (Isabelle, Robert) & Duo "Mon c艙ur s鈥櫭﹎eut 脿 cette voix touchante" (Isabelle, Robert)
Erin Morley, soprano
John Osborn, tenor
Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine
Marc Minkowski, conductor
Robert le diable
Act III. Procession des nonnes; R茅cit: "Jadis fille, du ciel, aujourd鈥檋ui de l鈥檈nfer" (Bertram); Bacchanale
Nicolas Courjal, bass
Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine
Marc Minkowski, conductor
Robert le diable
Act I. Sicilienne: "O fortune a ton caprice" (Robert); "J鈥檃i perdu 鈥� Ma revanche !" (Robert); "Malheur sans 茅gal" (Robert)
Bryan Hymel, tenor
Symphonic Orchestra of the Teatro Verdi, Salerno
Daniel Oren, conductor
An Mozart
Bernhard Scheffel, tenor
R眉diger Ballhorn, tenor
Gregor Finke, bass
Markus Flaig, bass
Rheinische Kantorei
Hermann Max, director
Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Julien Rosa
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