April Recording of the Month: Le Duc d’Albe

Our Recording of the Month is Donizetti’s Le Duc d’Albe starring American soprano Angela Meade in her recording debut as Hélène d’Egmont.

Recorded in June 2015, Sir Mark Elder conducts The Hallé in the original French version of the opera which only exists in two acts. Donizetti never finished the work due to conflicts of interest with the commissioning Opéra de Paris which led him to abandon the project altogether.

Head over to our YouTube channel here to listen to the Overture as well as to discover more about this opera over the coming weeks: