Introducing our newest release, Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète! Discover the visionary historical drama by streaming the single today, and pre-order your copy before the release on 28 June.
Recorded live at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in summer 2023, conductor Sir Mark Elder directs an all-star cast led by soloists John Osborn, Elizabeth DeShong and Mané Galoyan. Released in coproduction with the Palazzetto Bru Zane.
The Story
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 andestablished 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 anoperatic 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.
Act by Act with Sir Mark Elder
Interview with Mané Galoyan
Soprano Mané Galoyan discusses her performance of Berthe in LSO Live’s new release of Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète.
Photos from Festival d’Aix-en-Provence
