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Giacomo Meyerbeer – LE PROPHÈTE – Trio: ‘Voici la souterrain’ (Gedda, Horne, Rinaldi)

LE PROPHÈTE Opéra en 5 actes Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864) Libretto: Eugène Scribe First performance: Salle Le Peletier, 16 April 1849 SETTING: Dordrecht, Holland, and Munster, 1534–35, at the time of the Anabaptist revolution PLOT: The ‘prophet’ of the title is Jean de Leyde, a tailor, who becomes leader of the Anabaptists and captures Münster. Jean is motivated by revenge against the Comte d’Oberthal, who imprisons Jean’s mother Fidès and fiancée Berthe, the Count’s vassal, but commits crime after crime and ends by declaring himself the son of God. Fidès, whom he publicly repudiated, persuades him to renounce his titles; Berthe kills herself when she learns that Jean is the murderous prophet; and Jean blows himself up with his enemies and his mother. No. 29 – Scène et Trio: ‘Voici le souterrain’ Jean, Fidès and Berthe meet in the dungeons of Münster, and plan to escape. When she learns that Jean is the Prophet, Berthe goes mad and stabs herself. Jean de Leyde (tenor): Nicolai Gedda Fidès, sa mère / his mother (mezzo-soprano): Marilyn Horne Berthe, sa fiancée / his fiancée (soprano): Margherita Rinaldi Conductor: Henry Lewis Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI Torino, 1970