David Lang's 'prisoner of the state', featuring Julie Mathevet, realised both in physical and digital version
David Lang’s ‘prisoner of the state‘ by Decca Gold featuring Julie Mathevet in the principal role of the Assistant is now available to purchase and to stream.
Julie premiered the role in its world premiere in June 2019 with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in New York. In January 2020, she brought the role to London, at the Barbican Centre with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, in the European premiere of the opera.
You can listen to the complete opera on Spotify here and the CD is available to purchase here.
As the Assistant, Julie Mathevet, a young, radiant soprano, conveyed both the despair and bitterness in the vocal lines, which sometimes have a jazzy cast.
You can listen to Julie performing the opening lines of the opera in the video below: