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Label: Warner Classics / Erato | Album Website
International Release: May 5, 2017

Diana Damrau, Emmanuel Villaume, Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opéra National de Lyon

Giacomo Meyerbeer, the master of Parisian grand opera, was hugely successful in his time and a major influence on Verdi and Wagner. His music has fascinated Diana Damrau since her student days. With her brilliant coloratura, lyricism and dramatic power, the soprano rises triumphantly to the vocal and expressive challenges of arias from 10 of his operas, singing in French, Italian and German. Two of the arias receive their world premiere recording with this album.

The idea of a Meyerbeer album has been close to Diana Damrau’s heart since she first recorded for Erato back in 2006. She became fascinated by the composer’s music as a student in Würzburg, when she was invited to perform his cantata Gli amori di Teolinda. “I immersed myself in Meyerbeer’s world,” she explains, “and was excited by his multifaceted writing for the voice, by his orchestral colours, his theatrical instincts, the powerful and varied way in which he expresses emotion, his splendid melodies and, last but not least, his ability to capture precisely the right ‘national style’. If you compare his Italian, German and French works, it is like listening to three different composers.”

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She became fascinated by the composer’s music as a student in Würzburg, when she was invited to perform his cantata Gli amori di Teolinda. “I immersed myself in Meyerbeer’s world,” she explains, “and was excited by his multifaceted writing for the voice, by his orchestral colours, his theatrical instincts, the powerful and varied way in which he expresses emotion, his splendid melodies and, last but not least, his ability to capture precisely the right ‘national style’. If you compare his Italian, German and French works, it is like listening to three different composers.”

Damrau's immersive performance registers so viscerally you can almost visualize her actions. She is, quite simply, spectacular.

– Joanne Sydney Lessner - Opera News

"Damrau’s bravura technique remains one of the wonders of the operatic world, but she separates herself from the ranks of singers with similar repertoires by pinpointing the dramatic purposes of coloratura cyclones."

– Joseph Newsome – Voix des Arts

"This glorious new album finds Diana Damrau in sparkling, top-notch form. The exacting demands that Meyerbeer makes on the soprano voice are shrugged off by a diva in her prime."

– Gramilano

"On the balance of this album, Meyerbeer’s time for resurrection is now."

– Operawire

"Diana Damrau's singing throughout her recital is nothing short of spectacular...with flawless coloratura."

– Opera Magazine - Disc of the Month

"The latest release from soprano Diana Damrau is a dream come true - for her, and for audiences!"

– JOHN CLARE - WBAA

"... meticulously sung, well researched and beautifully presented...the soprano’s technique remains unruffled regardless of what challenges are thrown her way..."

– Hugo Shirley - Gramophone

"...Damrau’s easy grace, brilliant tone and pliant expressiveness is everywhere... Meyerbeer geeks will be delighted to hear two obscure German arias, recorded for the first time. Everyone else will just be delighted."

– Erica Jeal - The Guardian