Celebrating 40 Years: Then and Now

This disc, featuring some of Opera Rara's finest singers, is dedicated to Sir Peter Moores and the Peter Moores Foundation in recognition of their invaluable support over the years. Since its foundation four decades ago, Opera Rara has enriched the lives of generations of opera lovers and has altered perceptions through its dedication to exploring and reviving rare works from the Italian bel canto period and from the middle decades of the 19th-century French tradition. By far the majority of Opera Rara recordings have been world premiere recordings. In many cases, the work itself will have been rediscovered by Opera Rara after decades (and, in some cases, more than a century) of total neglect. Reviving such works requires patient and expert musicological endeavor to ensure that all sources are collated and compared, so that the best possible edition can be assembled, rehearsed and recorded. This compilation features excerpts from the works of the most significant composers who are at the heart of Opera Rara's output and are taken from the first Opera Rara recording by each composer and from the most recent. Opera Rara has tried to shine the spotlight on as many as possible of the greatest stars who have recorded for them over the years. This is a fascinating and delightful survey of the richness that is Opera Rara.

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Rossini, Gioachino : Ricciardo e Zoraide :: S'ella mi è ognor fedele - Qual sarà mai la gioia

Performers: Paul Nilon (Tenor); Bruce Ford (Tenor)
Conductor: David Parry
Running Time: 7 min. 22 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1818

Donizetti, Gaetano : Ugo conte di Parigi :: Prova mi dai, lo sento

Performer: Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: Alun Francis
Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Mercadante, Saverio : Orazi e Curiazi :: Qual prece o voto - Di quai soavi palpiti

Performers: Jennifer Rhys-Davies (Soprano); Nelly Miricioiu (Soprano)
Conductor: David Parry
Running Time: 10 min. 23 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Pacini, Giovanni : Maria regina d'Inghilterra :: M'amò qual aman gli angeli

Performer: Bruce Ford (Tenor)
Conductor: David Parry
Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Dinorah :: O puissante magie

Performer: Christian Plessis (Voice)
Conductor: James Judd
Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1859

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Margherita d'Anjou :: Che main giova il serto? - Incerto palpito

Performer: Annick Massis (Soprano)
Conductor: David Parry
Running Time: 8 min. 41 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Mercadante, Saverio : Virginia :: Sulle materne ceneri

Performer: Susan Patterson (Soprano)
Conductor: Maurizio Benini
Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Pacini, Giovanni : Alessandro nell'Indie :: Se possono tanto

Performer: Jennifer Larmore (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor: David Parry
Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: circa 1824

Donizetti, Gaetano : Parisina :: Forse un destin - Qual suon!

Performers: Ann Taylor (Mezzo-Soprano); Carmen Giannattasio (Soprano)
Conductor: David Parry
Running Time: 9 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1833

Rossini, Gioachino : Ermione :: Reggia abborita - Ah! come nascondere

Performers: Bülent Bezdüz (Tenor); Colin Lee (Tenor)
Conductor: David Parry
Running Time: 6 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1819

Offenbach, Jacques : Vert-Vert :: Fault-il en faire le serment

Performers: Thora Einarsdottir (Voice); Toby Spence (Tenor)
Conductor: David Parry
Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

Offenbach, Jacques : Robinson Crusoe :: Waltz Song

Performers: Alan Opie (Voice); Marilyn Smith (Soprano); Yvonne Kenny (Soprano); Sandra Browne (Mezzo Soprano); Alexander Oliver (Tenor)
Conductor: Alun Francis
Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta

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