Janis Kelly, Kathryn Guthrie, Antonio Figueroa, Richard Morrison, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jayce Ogren – Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Janis Kelly, Kathryn Guthrie, Antonio Figueroa, Richard Morrison, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jayce Ogren – Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:07:50 minutes | 1,24 GB | Genre: Classical
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‘Prima Donna is an opera composed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright to a French language libretto which he co-authored with Bernadette Colomine. It is about ‘a day in the life of an aging opera singer,’ anxiously preparing for her comeback in 1970s Paris, who falls in love with a journalist. It premiered at the Palace Theatre, Manchester on July 10, 2009 during the Manchester International Festival. The U.S. premiere was presented by New York City Opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on February 19, 2012. In March 2014, Wainwright began raising funds via PledgeMusic to record a two-disc album recording of the opera.’….’It is vitally important to me that Prima Donna be properly recorded and released so that I can tour a concert version of it in the coming year, and I have decided to do this with the help of both PledgeMusic and the incredible BBC Symphony Orchestra which in turn requires your generous support. Quality studio opera recordings are extremely expensive and too time consuming to pull off these days, and it seems that a once vibrant recording industry is no longer what it was and new methods are needed to get the music out. Though sad, the upside is that everyone in the field agrees that this is a great time to bring the audience into the wonders of the creative process and the myriad of stages the recording of an opera requires. Exciting rehearsals, deep conversations, strange and colorful characters, not to mention many a silly moment, all of this I’m truly excited to experience with you until that glorious moment when the conductor, myself the composer, the orchestra, the singers and the recording crew turn on the red light and put down for posterity my first magnum opus, Prima Donna.’

Tracklist:

01. BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Overture (06:06)
02. Janis Kelly & Kathryn Guthrie & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 1: “Oh, Madame Saint Laurent!” (03:01)
03. Janis Kelly & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 2: Aria “J’ai rêvé toute la nuit” (02:58)
04. Janis Kelly & Kathryn Guthrie & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 3: “Merci. Asseyez-vous” (01:37)
05. Janis Kelly & Kathryn Guthrie & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 4: “Ah! Les soucis!” (01:10)
06. Janis Kelly & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 5: “Aliénor, quelle femme merveilleuse” (01:50)
07. Janis Kelly & Kathryn Guthrie & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 6: “Mais non, Madame” (02:50)
08. Janis Kelly & Kathryn Guthrie & Richard Morrison & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 7: “Mais que se passe-t-il donc” (01:58)
09. Richard Morrison & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 8: “À l’époque, François” (02:15)
10. Richard Morrison & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 9: “Cet appartement” (01:31)
11. Richard Morrison & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 10: “Mon Dieu qu’il est laid!” (02:05)
12. Richard Morrison & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 11: “À ton âge, François” (02:42)
13. Antonio Figueroa & Richard Morrison & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 12: “Voici le journaliste!” (02:24)
14. Janis Kelly & Antonio Figueroa & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 13: “Bonjour, Madame Saint Laurent” (02:13)
15. Janis Kelly & Antonio Figueroa & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 14: “Quand j’étais jeune étudiant” (03:09)
16. Janis Kelly & Antonio Figueroa & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 15: “Madame Saint Laurent” (01:15)
17. Janis Kelly & Kathryn Guthrie & Antonio Figueroa & Richard Morrison & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 16: “La première…” (02:31)
18. Janis Kelly & Antonio Figueroa & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 17: “Régine, quelle majesté” (03:14)
19. Janis Kelly & Antonio Figueroa & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 18: Aria “Abandonne, pose ta couronne” (03:05)
20. Janis Kelly & Antonio Figueroa & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 19: “Charmant, tout à fait” (02:10)
21. Janis Kelly & Kathryn Guthrie & Richard Morrison & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 20: “Oh, ma voix!” (00:58)
22. Janis Kelly & Kathryn Guthrie & Antonio Figueroa & Richard Morrison & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 21: “Oh, ma douleur!” (05:17)
23. Antonio Figueroa & Richard Morrison & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-“Revenez donc ce soir”-Scene 22: Interlude (01:55)
24. BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 1-Scene 23: The Kiss (01:13)
25. BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Overture (03:30)
26. Kathryn Guthrie & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Scene 1: Song “Dans mon pays de Picardie” (05:04)
27. Kathryn Guthrie & Richard Morrison & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Scene 2: “Excusez-moi, Monsieur Philippe” (04:09)
28. Janis Kelly & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Scene 3: Vocalises (02:53)
29. Janis Kelly & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Scene 4: “Et maintenant, Aliénor, à nous deux” (01:07)
30. Janis Kelly & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Aria “Quand j’étais jeune étudiante” (05:43)
31. Janis Kelly & Antonio Figueroa & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Scene 5: Duet “Dans ce jardin” (09:53)
32. BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Scene 6: Meditation (06:10)
33. Janis Kelly & Kathryn Guthrie & Richard Morrison & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Scene 7: “C’est impossible!” (04:01)
34. Kathryn Guthrie & Antonio Figueroa & Richard Morrison & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Scene 8: “Maintenant, il est temps” (03:30)
35. Janis Kelly & Kathryn Guthrie & Antonio Figueroa & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Scene 9: “Je suis heureuse” (03:48)
36. Janis Kelly & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Scene 10: Aria “Prenez-le donc” (06:10)
37. BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Scene 11: Final Interlude (05:13)
38. Janis Kelly & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jayce Ogren – Wainwright: Prima Donna / Act 2-Scene 12: Brief Fireworks Music (Percussion)-Aria “Les feux d’artifice” (06:55)

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