Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophete on CD

Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)

Le Prophete

Marilyn Horne, Renata Scotto, James McCracken, Jerome Hines, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Henry Lewis

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Artists:: Marilyn Horne, Renata Scotto, James McCracken, Jerome Hines, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Henry Lewis
Label:: Sony
Year of recording ca.:: 1977
UPC/EAN:: 0888751947825
Release date:: 18.3.2016
Series:: Sony Classical Opera

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K. Breh in stereoplay 1/89: »Gegenüber der LP-Version offenbar durch neue Abmischung klanglich stark verbesserte erste Gesamtaufnahme mit einer großartigen Marilyn Horne, ausgezeichneten Chorleistungen.«

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1 Act I - Prelude - La brise est muette
2 Act I - Mon coeur s'elance et palpite
3 Act I - Fides, ma bonne mere
4 Act I - Ad nos, ad salutarem undam
5 Act I - Ainsi ces beaux chateaux?
6 Act I - O roi des cieux
7 Act I - Le Comte d'Oberthal, le seigneur Chatelain!
8 Act I - Un jour, dans les flots de la Meuse
9 Act I - Eh quoi! tant de candeur
10 Act II - Valsons toujours
11 Act II - Ami, quel nuage obscurcit ta pensee?
12 Act II - Pour Berthe moi je soupire
13 Act II - Ils partent, grace au ciel!
14 Act II - Ah! mon fils, sois beni!
15 Act II - O fureur! le ciel ne tonne pas sur ces tetes impies!
16 Act II - Gemissant sous le joug et sous la tyrannie
17 Act II - Ne sais-tu pas qu'en France
18 Act II - Et la couronne

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3,0

Booklet:: 2,5 of 5
Overall impression:: 4,5 of 5
Sound:: 4,5 of 5
Artistic quality:: 4,5 of 5
Repertoire value:: 5,0 of 5

2 of 2 (100%) would recommend this product.

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Nov 26, 2019

Booklet:: 2 of 5
Overall impression:: 4 of 5
Sound:: 4 of 5
Artistic quality:: 4 of 5
Repertoire value:: 5 of 5

Herrliche Grand Opera

Seien wir dankbar für diese Aufnahme. Allein wegen der grandiosen Marilyn Horne lohnt der Kauf. Natürlich ist die Rundfunkaufnahme der RAI die beste Wahl. z.Zt. aber nicht erhältlich. Auch dort wieder die überragende Horne. Allerdings hat sie dort adäquate Partner. Gegen einen Gedda in Hochform und eine jugendliche Rinaldi kommen McCracken und Scotto bei Weitem nicht heran. Da aber die Oper selbst musikalisch sehr stark ist, kann man mit der Sony-Ausgabe gut leben. Ich habe dieses Werk in Karlsruhe in der Oper gesehen und war stark beeindruckt. Meyerbeer ist lebensfähig und gehört zurück auf die Bühnen. Da
Werke wie Götterdämmerung oder Tristan und Isolde selbst von mittleren Häusern gebracht werden, muss es mit Meyerbeer auch gehen. Wie gesagt, diese Aufnahme hat durchaus ihre Qualitäten.

Owl

May 17, 2016

Booklet:: 3 of 5
Overall impression:: 5 of 5
Sound:: 5 of 5
Artistic quality:: 5 of 5
Repertoire value:: 5 of 5

A wonderful return

'Le Prophète' was once one of the most famous of operas, performed over 500 times at the Paris Opera, and given throughout the civilized world, in the days when opera was everpresent in society. The problem is always the inevitable comparison with Wagner (usually) and Verdi (less often). Both these composers have their success and following, but they have nothing whatsoever to do with Meyerbeer, who was a generation older than both of them, and worked in very different circumstances.
The plot has been called absurd: but do people know the details of the history of the Anabaptists in Münster on which this opera is based? If they did, they would find history far stranger than fiction, and see in Scribe's libretto a modification of the garish facts in the interests of a highly symbolic scenario based on a tragic Reformation episode, and exploring the implication of the role of religion power and politics in the fate of humanity. Then there is the impact of the complex and subtle score. This is not 'La Traviata', but a dark and frightening look into the confusion, violence, and hatred that have shaped religion and politics. The relation between mother and son depicted in the opera is something unique and astonishingly interesting; the fate of the demented Berthe is deeply touching in its vulnerability and betrayal. The music, for those who have ears to hear, is powerful, gripping, and torrential in its flow, Each act is beautifully structured, each set piece crafted to perfection, those whole dominated by an overwhelming sound world of instrumental colours (mainly dark, using 4 bassoons and bass clarinet) and disturbing harmony. The ballet (often sneered at) plays a vital function as a countersign to the human deeds of darkness and despair that characterize the action, and distils a veritable poetry of winter! The Coronation Scene is fascinating, and overwhelming in its impact, one of opera's greatest scenes. The conductor takes things at a rather rushed tempi (see his earlier and much more measured and effective approach in the broadcast from Turin in 1970, available on Gala). But as far as the recording is concerned, the sound quality is astonishing in its clarity. Marilyn Horne is formidable as the mother: all her arias are magnificent in their magisterial interpretation of this challenging music, The tenor shows a mystical perception of his role, most appropriate, even if not always beautiful (for that you need the sublime Nicolai Gedda from Turin). Renata Scotto is the most disappointing, neither understanding nor capturing the vulnerability of the foiled heroine, and inclined to shriek in the higher registers. (Again see the sensitive portrayal of Margherita Rinaldi from 1970.) Nonetheless, this is a gripping interpretation of a a hugely interesting and demanding opera— indeed a neglected masterpiece.

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