OPERA RARA SCORES VITAL BOON WITH WARNER CLASSICS AS MAJOR LABEL PICKS UP DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS

Rossini's Semiramide under Sir Mark Elder will
mark the first release under the new partnership.

Niche operatic record label Opera Rara, praised for its persistent championing of rare and obscure works, has scored a vital boon with the major record label Warner Records (Classics division) as the world-famous institution recently inked a deal to take on worldwide distribution for all future Opera Rara recordings.

The premiere release under the new partnership will be a recording of Gioachino Rossini’s 1823 tragic opera Semiramide, performed by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, under the baton of the artistic director of Opera Rara, Sir Mark Elder, on September 7, 2018.

The recently discovered Donizetti opera, L’Ange de Nisida, which held it’s premiere at London’s Covent Garden yesterday, July 18, 2018, will be the next album to be released under the new partnership.

Russian coloratura Albina Shagimuratova will appear on the Semiramide release by Opera Rara. Listen below to the talented soprano sing the titular character’s stratospheric cavatina, Bel raggio lusinghier in a separate performance:



Learn more:

• News article - Gramophone (External link)
• L'Ange de Nisida world premiere on Unraveling Musical Myths

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