Meyerbeer: Ballet Music from the Operas

Giacomo Meyerbeer was one of the most significant opera composers of all time. The four grand operas represented here brought him his greatest fame, with Les Huguenots being one of the most performed of all operas. Meyerbeer’s contributions to the French tradition of opéra-ballet acquired legendary status, including the ghostly Ballet of the Nuns from Robert le Diable; the exotic orchestral colour of the Marche indienne in L’Africaine; and the virtuoso Ballet of the Skaters from Le Prophète in which the dancers famously glided over the stage using roller skates.

This first-ever collection of Meyerbeer’s ballet music from the operas includes the first complete version of the Robert le Diable ballet. The Skaters’ Ballet from Le Prophète is performed in its authentic original orchestration.

Contents Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots, Act III: Danse bohemienne (Gypsy Dance) Meyerbeer: Robert Le Diable, Act II: Pas de cinq, Act III: Ballet des Nonnes, Meyerbeer: L’étoile du nord, Act II: Waltz, Chanson de cavalerie, Act I: Prayer, Entr’acte to Act III Meyerbeer: Le Prophete, Act III: Ballet des Patineurs: Waltz, Ballet des Patineurs: Redowa, Ballet des Patineurs: Quadrilles des patineurs, Ballet des Patineurs: Galop, Meyerbeer: L’Africaine, Act IV: Marche indienne (Indian March)