Mayr, Simon > Voice

The Art of John van Kesteren in Opera

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride; La rencontre imprévue; Antonio Sacchini: Odipe à Colone; Franz Joseph Haydn: Il mondo della luna; Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio se...
Performers: Cordes, Marcel; Hermann, Heinz; Kesteren, John van; Koth, Erika; Plumacher, Hetty; Reichardt, Walter
Conductors: Seibel, Klauspeter; Eichhorn, Kurt; Koetsier, Jan

Rediscovered - Mayr: Opera Highlights / Parry, Severini, Kenny, Smythe, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2008-07-08

Works: Simon Mayr: Elisa; Ginevra di Scozia, opera; L' amor coniugale, opera; Adelasia e Aleramo, opera; Elena, opera; Alonso e Cora, opera; Alfredo il Grande, opera; Fedra, opera; Medea in Corinto, opera
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Christie, Nan; Doghan, Philip; Dugdale, Sandra; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Harrhy, Eiddwen; John, Kevin; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Montague, Dian...
Conductors: Parry, David; Severini, Tiziano
Ensemble: ; Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra

Between 1794 and 1824, Bavarian-born Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845) composed over sixty operas. Admired for his fusion of Italianate melody with Germanic harmony and instrumentation,...continue...

Vocal Teamwork - Rare Operatic Ensembles

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-01-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Bianca e Falliero; Ricciardo e Zoraide; Guglielmo Tell; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Dinorah (Le pardon de Ploërmel), comic opera in 3 acts; L' Esule di Granata, opera (heroic melodrama...
Performers: Andrew, Ludmilla; Bailey, Simon; Banks, Barry; Barcellona, Daniela; Bayley, Clive; Biccire, Patrizia; Blake, Rockwell; Claycomb, Laura; Collins, Kenneth; Cook, Deborah; Cullagh, Majella; Custer, Manu...
Conductors: Parry, David; Judd, James; Carella, Giuliano; Matheson, John

We have here many different kinds of ensemble, starting with the elaborate formality of the duet from Rossinis Bianca e Falliero and concluding with the...continue...

Mayr: Ginevra di Scozia / Severini, Vidal, Barcellona, et al

3 CD / Opera Rara / 2003-02-01

Works: Simon Mayr: Ginevra di Scozia, opera
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Grassi, Luca; Lazzara, Marco; Locatelli, Damiano; Orsolini, Aldo; Piunti, Giuseppina; Siragusa, Antonino; Vidal, Elisabeth
Conductors: Severini, Tiziano
Ensemble: Trieste Teatro Verdi Chorus

Giovanni Simone Mayr is remembered today as the teacher of Donizetti. He was one of the most respected composers in all of Italy. What is...continue...

Jane Eaglen sings - Mayr: Medea in Corinto / Parry, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2001-04-01

Works: Simon Mayr: Medea in Corinto, opera
Performers: Eaglen, Jane; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Giménez, Raúl [Tenor Vocals]; Kenny, Yvonne; Mason, Anne; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Parry, David

Jane Eaglen is the most sought-after Wagnerian soprano of today. Famous for her assumption of the role of Brunnhilde in Wagner's Ring Cycle, she also...continue...

Il Salotto Vol 2 - La Potenza d'Amore / Miricioiu, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 1999-12-10

Works: Ferdinando Paër: La Gloria Al Massimo Degli Eroi, cantata; Giovanni Pacini: Triste Istoria, songs (4) for baritone (voice) & piano; La rampogna, romanza for voice & piano; Gioachino Rossini: Egl...
Performers: Black, Nigel; Cullagh, Majella; Drake, Susan; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Harper, David; Magee, Garry; Matteuzzi, William; Miricioiu, Nelly; Shkosa, Enkelejda; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]

This is the second volume in Opera Rara's five-part series devoted to the neglected genre of salon music by 19th century composers. This volume presents...continue...

Mayr: Che Originali! / Franz Hauk, Georgian CO, et al

2 CD / Guild / 1999-09-01

Works: Simon Mayr: Che Originali!, opera
Performers: Bogner, Anna-Maria; Caira, Stephen; Eichler, Jorn; Fruh, Stefanie; Gropper, Gisela; Gropper, Thomas; Merwald, Robert
Conductors: Hauk, Franz
Ensemble: Georgian Chamber Orchestra

Johann Simon Mayr, born in 1763, a contemporary of Haydn, Beethoven and Rossini, was one of the most famous opera composers at the beginning of...continue...

100 Years of Italian Opera 1810-1820

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-10

Works: Vincenzo Pucitta: La Vestale, opera; Pietro Generali: Adelina, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Ah, per pietà, t'arresta!, duet for 2 sopranos & orchestra (insertion number for G. Nicolini's Quint; T...
Performers: Best, Jonathan; Bickley, Susan; Bolton, Andrea; Bovino, Maria; Bromley, Phillip Guy; Cashmore, John; Doghan, Philip; Dolton, Geoffrey; Drake, Susan; Harrhy, Eiddwen; John, Kevin; Jones, Della; Kenny,...
Conductors: Parry, David

"As ever in these volumes the playing of the Philharmonia under David Parry is an utterly reliable source of strength, and the presentation is again...continue...

100 Years of Italian Opera 1820-1830

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Margherita d'Anjou; L' Esule di Granata, opera (heroic melodrama) in 2 acts; Simon Mayr: Fedra, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Le nozze in villa, opera; La zingara, opera; Chiara e Sera...
Performers: Ambrogi, Antonio; Angeli, Signor de; Ansiglioni, Pietro; Ashman, David; Bassi, Nicola; Bastianelli, Cristoforo; Bayley, Clive; Belloc, Teresa; Benedetti, Michele; Bertozzi, Angela Maria Silvestri; Bi...
Conductors: Parry, David

Mayr. Medea In Corinto. A.miles. R.giminez. J.eaglen. B.ford

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Simon Mayr: Medea in Corinto, opera
Performers: Archer, Neill; Eaglen, Jane; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Giménez, Raúl [Tenor Vocals]; Kenny, Yvonne; Mason, Anne; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Nilon, Paul; Vaughan, Karen
Conductors: Parry, David