We run the gamut from charming simplicity in the German works, Rossinian fireworks in the Italian ones to, well, Meyerbeerian fireworks in the French…perky coloratura, dispatched with cool aplomb by Damrau, is a standard device…there’s still plenty of originality, though…[and] the soprano’s technique remains unruffled regardless of what challenges are thrown her way…the Lyon Opera forces under Emmanuel Villaume offer fluent, lively support.
Meyerbeer: Grand Opera
Diana Damrau (soprano)
Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Emmanuel Villaume
Meyerbeer: Alimelek, oder die beiden Kalifen
Meyerbeer: Anna, qu’entends-je ? Adieu, mon doux rivage (from L’Africaine)
Meyerbeer: C’est bien l’air que chaque matin (from L’Etoile du Nord)
Meyerbeer: Dieu! Comme cette nuit est lente…Ombre légère (from Dinorah)
Meyerbeer: Ein Feldlager in Schlesien
Meyerbeer: Emma di Resburgo
Meyerbeer: Il crociato in Egitto
Meyerbeer: L’Africaine
Meyerbeer: L’étoile du nord
Meyerbeer: La-bas, sous l’arbre noir Fleurs nouvelles (from L’Africaine)
Meyerbeer: Le Pardon de Ploërmel
Meyerbeer: Le Prophete
Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Meyerbeer: Mon coeur s’elance et palpite (from Le Prophète)
Meyerbeer: Nur in der Damm’rung Stille (from Alimelek, oder die beiden Kalifen)
Meyerbeer: O beau pays de la Touraine (from Les Huguenots)
Meyerbeer: O solinghi recessi…D’una madre disperata (from Il Crociato in Egitto)
Meyerbeer: Oh Schwester, find’ ich dich!… Lebe wohl, geliebte Schwester (from Ein Feldlager in Schlesien)
Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable
Meyerbeer: Robert, toi que j’aime (from Robert le Diable)
Meyerbeer: Sulla rupe triste, sola… Ah questo bacio (from Emma di Resburgo)