Good German version of Les Huguenots
Poor Giacomo Meyerbeer. The once highly regarded titan of the 5-Act Grand Opéra is now not only long out of fashion but, to judge by the press coverage of the Royal Opera House's recent widely derided production of Robert Le Diable, on the rare occasion when his work is revived it is scarcely treated with the seriousness and sincerity in which it was undoubtedly composed. Musically however, and even historically, there's a lot to find of interest in Meyerbeer work, particularly in that other beast of an opera, Les Huguenots (1836), but it's a work that many opera houses nowadays would consider an expensive risk and difficult to cast. Conducted by Stefan Soltesz and directed by John Dew, this 1991 Deutsche Oper Berlin production inevitably won't satisfy purists (should such a thing as a Meyerbeer purist exist in this day and age), but it is one of the most important opera works of yesteryear, and it's worthwhile for that alone.
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