Opera Rara Collection - 20 Selected Highlights

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Album Summary

Performers

• Janet Price (Soprano)
• Yvonne Kenny (Soprano)
• Lissa Gray (Soprano)
• Johanna Peters (Mezzo Soprano)
• Marilyn Smith (Soprano)
• Russell Smythe (Voice)
• Nuccia Focile (Soprano)
• Eiddwen Harrhy (Soprano)
• Mary Plazas (Soprano)
• Ludmilla Andrew (Soprano)
• Joan Davies (Mezzo-soprano)
• Maurice Arthur (Tenor)
• John Tomlinson (Bass)
• Diana Montague (Mezzo Soprano)
• Paul Kelly (Tenor)
• Sandra Browne (Mezzo Soprano)
• Chris Vocal] (Tenor)
• Sesto Bruscantini (Baritone)
• Jane Eaglen (Soprano)
• Matthew Hargraves (Bass Baritone)
• Alastair Miles
• Robert McFarland (Baritone)
• Marcus Jerome (Tenor)
• David Harper (Piano)
• Paul Nilon (Tenor)
• Anthony Michaels-Moore (Baritone)
• Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Christian Plessis (Voice)
• Alexander Oliver (Tenor)
• Deborah Cook (Soprano)
• Nelly Miricioiu (Soprano)
• William Matteuzzi (Tenor)
• Bruce Ford (Tenor)
• Renée Fleming (Soprano)

Conductors

• Francis, Alun
• Judd, James
• Parry, David

Ensembles

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• London Mozart Players
• New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Philharmonia Orchestra
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Composers

• Giuseppe Nicolini (1762 - 1842)
• Simon Mayr (1763 - 1845)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
• Vincenzo Pucitta (1778 - 1861)
• Saverio Mercadante (1795 - 1870)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
• Giovanni Pacini (1796 - 1867)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)

Notes & Reviews:

"Listening to the nearly 80 minutes of this disc was, for me, analogous to what I felt as a child entering a candy shop: Every morsel in the display case seemed to my greedy eyes equally tempting, equally mouth-watering. In just that way this sampler is a feast and a temptation (to buy more Opera Rara records) for the ears...All this and some of England's best orchestras: the Philharmonia, New Philharmonia, London Mozart Players, and Royal Philharmonic..." -Johnson, Fanfare

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Works Details

Mercadante, Saverio : Orazi e Curiazi :: Non di trombe, non di brandi

• Performers: Alastair Miles; Marcus Jerome (Tenor); Paul Nilon (Tenor); Anthony Michaels-Moore (Baritone)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Donizetti, Gaetano : Gabriella di Vergy, opera :: Ah, che fra palpiti

• Performer: Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Alun Francis
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1826

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah" :: (Bell trio) Ce tintement que l'on entend

• Performers: Christian Plessis (Voice); Alexander Oliver (Tenor); Deborah Cook (Soprano)
• Conductor: James Judd
• Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1859

Donizetti, Gaetano : Rosmonda d'Inghilterra :: Torna, torna o caro oggetto

• Performer: Renée Fleming (Soprano)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1834

Rossini, Gioachino : Ricciardo e Zoraide :: Cessi omai quel tuo rigore

• Performers: Nelly Miricioiu (Soprano); Paul Nilon (Tenor); William Matteuzzi (Tenor); Bruce Ford (Tenor)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1818

Donizetti, Gaetano : Ugo conte di Parigi, opera :: Hai ben pensato

• Performers: Christian Plessis (Voice); Janet Price (Soprano); Yvonne Kenny (Soprano); Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Alun Francis
• Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Nicolini, Giuseppe : I Baccanali di Roma :: Parmi sentir nell' anima

• Performer: Yvonne Kenny (Soprano)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Classical

Offenbach, Jacques : Christopher Columbus :: This

• Performers: Lissa Gray (Soprano); Johanna Peters (Mezzo Soprano); Marilyn Smith (Soprano)
• Conductor: Alun Francis
• Ensemble: London Mozart Players
• Running Time: 4 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Donizetti, Gaetano : L'Assedio di Calais :: Raddoppia i baci tuoi

• Performers: Christian Plessis (Voice); Russell Smythe (Voice); Nuccia Focile (Soprano); Eiddwen Harrhy (Soprano); Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 4 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1836

Mercadante, Saverio : Virginia, opera :: Al cor furente ed ebro

• Performers: Alastair Miles; Bruce Ford (Tenor)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Pacini, Giovanni : Maria, regina d'Inghilterra :: Qual ora tremenda

• Performers: Nelly Miricioiu (Soprano); Mary Plazas (Soprano)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Donizetti, Gaetano : Gabriella di Vergy, opera :: Rea non sono

• Performers: Ludmilla Andrew (Soprano); Joan Davies (Mezzo-soprano); Christian Plessis (Voice); Maurice Arthur (Tenor); John Tomlinson (Bass)
• Conductor: Alun Francis
• Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1826

Meyerbeer, Giacomo : Il crociato in Egitto :: Il di mascerà

• Performer: Diana Montague (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1824-1825

Rossini, Gioachino : Armida :: In quale aspetto imbelle

• Performers: Paul Kelly (Tenor); William Matteuzzi (Tenor); Bruce Ford (Tenor)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1817

Offenbach, Jacques : Robinson Crusoé :: Take me away to the one I adore

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

Donizetti, Gaetano : Emilia di Liverpool :: A n'ommo che allancato

• Performers: Chris Vocal] (Tenor); Sesto Bruscantini (Baritone)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 4 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1824

Mayr, Simon : Medea in Corinto, opera :: Te solo invoco possente Amore

• Performer: Jane Eaglen (Soprano)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 2 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Pucitta, Vincenzo : La Caccia di Enrico IV, opera

• Performers: Marilyn Smith (Soprano); Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Donizetti, Gaetano : Maria di Rudenz :: Al misfatto enorme e rio

• Performers: Matthew Hargraves (Bass Baritone); Nelly Miricioiu (Soprano); Robert McFarland (Baritone)
• Conductor: David Parry
• Running Time: 6 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1838

Mercadante, Saverio : Il Salotto :: Il brindisi

• Performers: Alastair Miles; Bruce Ford (Tenor); David Harper (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic