Opera Rara

Carlo Rizzi, Britten Sinfonia & Opera Rara Chorus - Mercadante: Il proscritto (2023)

Carlo Rizzi, Britten Sinfonia & Opera Rara Chorus - Mercadante: Il proscritto (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) | Digital booklet | 02:04:01 | 563 Mb
Classical, Opera | Label: Opera Rara

Set in Edinburgh against the backdrop of Oliver Cromwell’s rule, Il proscritto saw a marked return to melody by Mercadante who retained the orchestral richness of his “reform” operas but restored aspects of bel canto lyricism. With Ramón Vargas, Iván Ayón-Rivas, Irene Roberts, Elizabeth DeShong, Sally Matthews, Goderdzi Janelidze, Susana Gaspar, Carlo Rizzi (conductor) and Britten Sinfonia.
Laurent Naouri, Opera Rara Chorus, The Halle, Sir Mark Elder - Donizetti: Le Duc d’Albe (2016)

Laurent Naouri, Opera Rara Chorus, The Halle, Sir Mark Elder - Donizetti: Le Duc d’Albe (2016)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:33:18 | 414 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Opera Rara | Catalog: ORC54

This is a relatively new venture for the outstandingly imaginative recording outfit that is Opera Rara. The label's fifty-fourth recording sees them venturing on an uncompleted work by Donizetti, the composer they love the most. The composer had decamped from Naples to Paris when the censors, on the king’s personal instructions, banned his opera Poliuto.
Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry - A Hundred Years of Italian Opera (1820-1830) (1995)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry - A Hundred Years of Italian Opera (1820-1830) (1995)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 03:42:15 | 1 Gb
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Opera Rara | Catalog: ORCH104

The "100 Years of Italian Opera" series released by Opera Rara is unique in the annals of opera recordings. However, this installment is especially exciting as it documents the evolution of Italian opera during the 1820's, the decade when romanticism truly began to come into its own on the operatic stage. Opera Rara has lovingly compiled a variety of arcana written by composers famous and forgotten. Included is everything from overtures to arias, duets, ensembles, and entire scenes.
Massenet & Berlioz - Le Portrait de Manon - Les Nuits d' Ete (2013) {Opera Rara}

Massenet & Berlioz - Le Portrait de Manon - Les Nuits d' Ete (2013) {Opera Rara}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 325 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 182 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 363 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2013 Opera Rara | ORC47
Classical / Opera

This release features a double bill of Massenet's Le Portrait de Manon and Berlioz's song cycle Les nuits d'ete, recorded from live staged performances at the Royal Opera House with artists from the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme and the Southbank Sinfonia led by Geoffrey Paterson and Volker Krafft. This is the first time the composers Massenet and Berlioz have appeared as part of the Opera Rara catalogue. The single-disc set comes with a lavishly illustrated book, including a complete libretto for Le Portrait de Manon and song translations for Les nuits d'ete, as well as detailed notes on both pieces written by the eminent musicologist Hugh Macdonald.
Mark Elder, Britten Sinfonia, Opera Rara Chorus - Donizetti: Il Paria (2020)

Mark Elder, Britten Sinfonia, Opera Rara Chorus - Donizetti: Il Paria (2020)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 407 Mb | Total time: 60:24+50:58 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Opera Rara | # ORC60 | Recorded: 2019

Set in 16th-century India, Il Paria is a powerful and moving story of impossible love, social barriers and religious intolerance. Donizetti was particularly proud of his work, reusing many of its melodies in future compositions. Returning to Opera Rara following our multi-award-winning recording of Rossini’s Semiramide, Albina Shagimuratova leads a stellar cast including René Barbera, singing one of the most demanding roles ever written for tenor, and the talented Georgian baritone Misha Kiria in the title character.
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Opera Rara Chorus, Sir Mark Elder - Rossini: Semiramide (2018)

Mirco Palazzi, Sir Mark Elder, Daniela Barcellona, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Albina Shagimuratova & Barry Banks - Rossini: Semiramide (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 852 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 529 Mb | Digital booklet | 03:51:13
Classical, Opera | Label: Opera Rara

A complete studio recording of Rossini’s last and one of his greatest Italian operas, Opera Rara’s Semiramide, starring Albina Shagimuratova and Daniela Barcellona, conducted by Sir Mark Elder, includes all of the passages traditionally cut in modern revivals and makes this dramatic masterpiece speak in a new way to today’s opera audience.

Sir Mark Elder - Offenbach: Fantasio (2014)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at March 4, 2023
Sir Mark Elder - Offenbach: Fantasio (2014)

Sir Mark Elder - Offenbach: Fantasio (2014)
EAC FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:18:42 | 538 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Opera Rara | Catalog: ORC51

Fantasio is considered one of Offenbach’s most beautiful and refined works. A heady cocktail of charm, gracefulness and gentle melancholy, of bad-tempered jokes and poetry, Fantasio marks the crucial step in Offenbach’s path towards The Tales of Hoffmann. Among the least known of Offenbach’s works it received only 10 performances following its very brief run in Paris in 1872 before it was dropped from the repertoire. This recording marks the world premiere studio recording of the complete opera using the new critical edition by Jean-Christophe Keck.

Alun Francis - Offenbach: Christopher Columbus (1992)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at March 5, 2023
Alun Francis - Offenbach: Christopher Columbus (1992)

Alun Francis - Offenbach: Christopher Columbus (1992)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 123:52 | 595 MB
Genre: Classical, Opera | Label: Opera Rara | Catalog: ORC2

Alun Francis is one of the most respected conductors on the international scene, and is particularly admired for his efforts in bringing international recognition to several great tonal symphonists active in the post-World War II years, and for other efforts on behalf of 20th century music. His "native" instrument is the French horn. He continued his studies on that instrument and took conducting while attending the Royal Manchester College of Music from 1960 to 1963.
Joan Rodgers, Yann Beuron, Jeff Cohen - Weckerlin: La Laitiere de Trianon (2020)

Joan Rodgers, Yann Beuron, Jeff Cohen - Weckerlin: La Laitiere de Trianon (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 227 MB | Tracks: 22 | 56:42 min
Style: Classical | Label: Opera Rara

As with a previous issue in Opera Rara’s acclaimed Il Salotto series, which comprised Pauline Viardot's delightful chamber operetta Cendrillon, this release focuses on a single work designed for intimate performance - J.B. Wekerlin’s 'opérette de salon' La Laitière de Trianon (The Milkmaid of Trianon). Just two singers take part in the piece, set at Versailles in 1775.
Ermonela Jaho, Opera Rara Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Mark Elder - Puccini- Le Willis (2019)

Ermonela Jaho, Opera Rara Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Mark Elder - Puccini- Le Willis (2019)
FLAC tracks +booklet | 01:05:18 | 254 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Opera Rara (Warner)

Nach über 120 Jahren erstmals im Original: Puccinis Le Willis in Urfassung bei Opera Rara Es ist eine Geschichte von Untreue und der Rache einer verlassenen Seele aus dem Jenseits: Als Puccini mit Le Willis zum ersten Mal eine Oper schrieb, begeisterte er sich für die Traditionen der Spukromantik und wählte einen Stoff aus den deutschen Wäldern. Seine ursprünglich einaktige Talentprobe wurde bei der Uraufführung 1884 in Mailand bejubelt, begann dann jedoch ihren Weg durch die Musiktheater in einer überarbeiteten Version. Nun sorgt das Label Opera Rara für eine echte Renaissance dieses Juwels der Operngeschichte: Die blendend besetzte Weltersteinspielung der Urfassung unter der Leitung von Mark Elder folgt als erste der neuen wissenschaftlichen Edition.