LSO Live Recording of Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète, Conducted by Sir Mark Elder CH CBE, Awarded Opera Recording of the Year in the 2025 Oper! Awards
24.02.25Sir Mark Elder’s recording of Le prophète with the London Symphony Orchestra, which was recorded live at the 2023 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, has won the Opera Recording of the Year at the Oper! Awards, announced on February 21 at La Monnaie in Brussels. The following citation was given:
The French grand opéra is the most successful invention of the opera composers of the 19th century, yet there have been hardly any convincing full-length recordings of these works. This has been changing in recent years thanks to the editorial work of the Palazzetto Bru Zane with its outstanding CD series. Religious zealots, erotic entanglements, a grand ballet: all of this is in the best possible hands with conductor Mark Elder, who, together with the London Symphony Orchestra, makes the score shimmer in all the colours. John Osborn sings the charismatic leader with great seductive power, Elizabeth DeShong is an overwhelming Fidès. Played in such a brilliant fashion, this special work will defend its place in opera history: Meyerbeer’s Le prophète.