New Zealand So:Darrell Ang - Meyerbeer: Overtures

Giacomo Meyerbeer's eminence as an operatic composer was such that the works he wrote for the Paris Op�ra between 1831 and 1865 - Robert le Diable, Les Huguenots, L'Africaine and Le Proph�te - were among the most spectacular and popular, well into the twentieth century. These overtures and orchestral pieces illustrate the power of Meyerbeer's writing, his sense of drama, his orchestral colouring, and his melodic beauty. L'Etoile du Nord and Dinorah, written for the Op�ra Comique, are lighter in tone, but notable for their programmatic inventiveness.Darrell Ang's triumph at the 50th Besan�on International Young Conductor's Competition, where he took all three top awards - Grand Prize, Audience Prize and Orchestra Prize - launched his international career, leading to the music directorship of the Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne and numerous guest conducting engagements with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano 'Giuseppe Verdi', St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Madrid, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic, among others.