Watch Julie Mathevet's performance in David Lang's 'prisoner of the state' on NYPhil+
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The New York Philharmonic and Jaap van Zweden's World Premiere performance of David Lang's “prisoner of the state” featuring soprano Julie Mathevet in the principal role of the Assistant is now available to purchase and to stream. has been released for digital streaming on the NYPhil’s new streaming platform, NYPhil+.
Find out more here.
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.
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 the complete opera on Spotify here and the CD is available to purchase here.