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04/07/2009
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ABOUT US
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Opera Rara, the brainchild of Patric Schmid and Don White has been in the business of bringing back forgotten operatic repertoire of the nineteenth century for the last thirty-five years. Operas once threatened with extinction have now been brought vividly back to life through the Opera Rara recordings.
Pictured (right) Opera Rara co-founder's, Patric Schmid (top) and Don White
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Opera Rara team:
Managing Director – Stephen Revell
Artistic Adviser - David Parry
Assistant Artistic Adviser - Ludmilla Andrew
Production Co-ordinator – Kim Panter
Production Manager – Paul Harwood
Sales and Finance Manager – Susan Bowen
Consultant Musicologist – Robert Roberts
Public Relations and Marketing consultant – Terri Robson
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Opera Rara Board of Directors:
Patrick Griggs CBE (Chairman)
Ludmilla Andrew
Glenn Hurstfield
Stratton Mills
Alison Nicol
Hetty Ford (Ad Honorem)
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BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION
Opera Rara is proud to have been nominated for a BBC Music Magazine Award, in the opera catagory, for our recording of Donizetti's Imelda de' Lambertazzi. The awards will be announced on 7th April 2009.
Opera Rara Releases – 2009
February: Mercadante – Virginia . Although completed in 1850 this opera was not performed until 1866, as Mercadante refused to make alterations requested by the censors. It was only after a regime change that he premiered the score at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples. Opera Rara's cast for this recording features Susan Patterson (Virginia), Paul Charles Clarke (Appio), Charles Castronovo (Icilio), Stefano Antonucci (Virginio), Andrew Foster-Williams (Marco), Mark Le Brocq (Valerio), Katherine Manley (Tullia) with the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Maurizio Benini.
May: Ricci – Corrado d'Altamura. This dramma lirico opened at La Scala in 1841. Set in 12th-century Sicily, this highly dramatic plot tells of betrayal and revenge. Dimitra Theodossiou is Delizia with Dmitry Korchak (Roggero), James Westman (Corrado), Andrew Foster-Williams (Giffredo), Ann Taylor (Bonello), Cora Burggraaf (Margarita), Camilla Roberts (Isabella) and Mark Wilde (Il Marchese) with the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Roland Böer.
September: Donizetti – Parisina. This gripping opera comes from a particuarly fruitful period in the Donizetti's output and was premiered in Florence in 1833. The plot is unusually dark, even for an early romantic melodramma. Opera Rara's studio recording (which was followed by a critically successful concert performance at the Royal Festival Hall on 6th December 2008) features a strong cast led by Carmen Giannattasio (Parisina) with José Bros (Ugo), Dario Solari (Azzo), Nicola Ulivieri (Ernesto) and Ann Taylor (Imelda) with the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Parry.
November: Offenbach – Vert-Vert. We are proud to present a complete recording of Offenbach's delectable Vert-Vert which was the follow-up to Robinson Crusoe at the Opéra Comique and one of no fewer than five stage works Offenbach produced in 1869 alone! This witty, sophisticated and sublte piece features Toby Spence as Valentin/Vert-Vert with Thora Einarsdottir (Mimi), Jennifer Larmore (La Corilla), Franck Leguérinel (Baladon), Mark Le Brocq (Binet), Sébastien Droy (Bellcour), Mark Stone (Le Comte), Loïc Félix (Bergerac), Anne-Marie Owens (Madamoiselle Paturelle), Lucy Crowe (Bathilde), Ann Taylor (Emma) and Franck Lopez (Maniquet/Directeur) with the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by David Parry.
November: Rossini Songs (Il Salotto Vol 13). Rossini was famed as both a gourmet and a wit and in this latest release in our Il Salotto series, we present a programme of tasty morsels from Rossini's musical cuisine. Join Mireille Delunsch, Jennifer Larmore, Catheine Wyn-Rogers, Lawrence Brownlee, Brindley Sherratt, Mark Wilde, the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir and Malcolm Martineau (piano) for an enticing musical feast!
Opera Rara Recordings – 2009
March – Our first recording this year will be Rossini's Ermione. The cast is led by Carmen Giannattasio in the title role of Ermione with Colin Lee, Paul Nilon, Patricia Bardon, Loïc Félix, Graeme Broadbent, Bülent Bezdüz, Victoria Simmonds and Rebecca Bottone with the Geoffrey Mitchel Choir and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Parry.
May – The next volume in our 'Essential Opera Rara' series will be highlights from Mercadante's I Normanni a Parigi. The cast includes Judith Howarth, Barry Banks, Riccardo Novaro, Katerina Karnéus and Graeme Broadbent with the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Stuart Stratford.
September – We are delighted to be returning to the Royal Opera House to record their two concert performances of Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix conducted by Sir Mark Elder, which take place on the 7th and 14th September. Please visit the Royal Opera House website for further details (see link to site below).
October/November– Our final recording for 2009 is Donizetti's Maria di Rohan with Sir Mark Elder conducting the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. The cast include Christopher Purves, Krassimira Stoyanova, José Bros, Enkelejda Shkosa and Brindley Sherratt with the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir. In addition to this studio recording there will be a concert performance at the Royal Festival Hall on Saturday 7th November.
Links to related websites:
PETER MOORES FOUNDATION
ORCHESTRAS
SINGERS
OTHER SITES
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