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30/07/2010
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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 almost 40 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
Production Co-ordinator - Kim Panter
Production Manager - Paul Harwood
Sales and Finance Manager - Susan Bowen
Artistic Advisor – David Parry
Assistant Artistic Advisor– Ludmilla Andrew
Consultant Musicologist – Robert Roberts
Public Relations and Marketing consultant – Terri Robson
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Development Consultant - Victoria Dickie
Development Director - Rosemary Pickering
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Opera Rara Board of Directors:
Patrick Griggs CBE (Chairman)
Ludmilla Andrew
Glenn Hurstfield
Stratton Mills
Alison Nicol
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Peter Alward
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Opera Rara Releases – 2010
February: Offenbach – Vert-Vert. This sparking operetta is given its first studio recording by Opera Rara with an all star cast; Toby Spence, Jennifer Larmore, Lucy Crowe, Thora Einarsdottir, Anne-Marie Owens, Sébastien Droy, FranckLeguérinel, Loïc Félix, Ann Taylor, Franck Lopez, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra and David Parry - conductor.
May: Celebrating 40 Years...Then and Now. To celebrate it's 40th anniversary, Opera Rara has compiled a stunning collection of highlights from its incomparable catalogue. It includes excerpts from the very first, Donizetti's Ugo conte di Parigi through to the recent, Rossini's Ermione.
September: Rossini – Ermione. Since its first stage revival in pesaro in 1987, Ermione has been recognised as a lost masterpiece. Our new studio recording features the vocal talents of Carmen Giannattasio, Colin Lee, Patricia Bardon, Paul Nilon, Loïc Félix, Bülent Bezdüz, Graeme Broadbent, Rebecca Bottone and Victoria Simmonds, with the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philarmonic Orchestra, David Parry - conductor.
November: Mercadante – I Normanni a Parigi. We continue our 'Essential Opera Rara' series with highlights from this Mercadante opera written for Turin in 1832. With Judith Howarth, Barry Banks, Riccardo Novaro, Katarina Karnéus, Graeme Broadbent, Aled Hall, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, Stuart Stratford - conductor.
Opera Rara Recordings – 2010
March – Our first recording this year will be Bellini's Il pirata. The cast includes Carmen Giannattasio, José Bros, Ludovic Tézier, Mark Le Brocq and Victoria Simmonds with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Parry.
October– Our second recording will be Rossini's Aureliano in Palmira. One of Rossini's rarest scores, this dramma serio was written during his miraculous 21st year (1813) when he produced four operas in all. We welcome back Annick Massis for this recording, she is joined by Silvia Tro Santafé, new to Opera Rara, Kenneth Tarver, Andrew Foster-Williams and Ezgi Kutlu. The London Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Maurizio Benini. In addition to this studio recording there will be a concert performance at the Royal Festival Hall on Saturday 23rd October.
Links to related websites:
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ORCHESTRAS
SINGERS
OTHER SITES
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