Donizetti Il Paria (Britten Sinfonia & Sir Mark Elder) Opera Rara

Support great opera discoveries and restorations by donating to Opera Rara: Gaetano Donizetti IL PARIA Melodramma in two acts Libretto by Domenico Gilardoni Critical edition by Roger Parker and Ian Schofield Premiered on 12 January 1829, Teatro San Carlo, Naples. AKEBARE, high priest and leader of the Brahmins, Neala’s father .............. Marko Mimica NEALA, priestess in the cult of the sun, Akebare’s daughter .......... Albina Shagimuratova ZARETE, Idamore’s father ................................................................................... Misha Kiria IDAMORE, leader of the army and Zarete’s son ............................................. René Barbera EMPSAELE, Brahmin and Akebare’s confidant ........................................... Thomas Atkins ZAIDE, priestess ............................................................................................ Kathryn Rudge Chorus of Brahmins, Priests, Priestesses, Bayadères, Trumpeters, Warriors, People, Guardians of the Temple, Fakirs ........................ Opera Rara Chorus Stephen Harris, chorus director Britten Sinfonia (Thomas Gould, leader) Sir Mark Elder, conductor Recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, June 2019 © 2020 Opera Rara (p) 2020 Opera Rara ACT I 00:00:00 [1] Preludio 00:00:53 [2] ‘In questa a te sacrata antica selva’ (Coro di Sacerdoti) 00:03:32 [3] ‘Oggi ei riede!’ (Akebare, Coro di Bramani, Sacerdoti e, Sacerdotesse) 00:07:00 [4] ‘Il Ponti_ce degna’ (Coro di Sacerdoti, Akebare) 00:09:12 [5] ‘Orrendo sogno!’ (Neala, Akebare) 00:09:56 [6] ‘Parea che mentre l’àloe’ (Neala, Akebare, Coro) 00:13:08 [7] ‘O tu, luce del vero’ (Coro, Akebare, Neala) 00:15:28 [8] ‘Ah, che un raggio di speranza’ (Neala, Akebare, Coro) 00:20:05 [9] ‘Gemina pompa nel gran tempio’ (Akebare) 00:21:01 [10] ‘Sì, decisi...’ (Neala, Zaide) 00:23:40 [11] ‘Tergi, o Dio’ (Zarete, Neala, Zaide) 00:25:20 [12] ‘Qual tu ti sia, qui t’inoltra’ (Neala, Zarete, Empsaele, Zaide) 00:29:09 [13] ‘Ah no, che il core’ (Zarete) 00:31:59 [14] ‘Là dove al ciel s’estolle’ (Idamore) 00:37:12 [15] ‘Lontano, io più l’amai’ (Idamore) 00:41:14 [16] ‘Fin dove sorgono’ (Idamore) 00:44:46 [17] ‘Ma chi è colui?’ (Idamore, Zarete) 00:48:27 [18] ‘D’un Akebar la _glia?’ (Zarete) 00:52:23 [19] ‘Salvi, o Nume’ (Coro di Sacerdoti e Sacerdotesse, Zarete, Idamore) 00:55:03 [20] ‘Non m’obliasti?’ (Zarete, Idamore) 00:55:50 [21] ‘Lascerò colei che adoro?’ (Idamore, Zarete) ACT II 01:00:15 [1] ‘Discendi’ (Empsaele, Akebare, Idamore, Neala) 01:06:41 [2] ‘A un culto barbaro’ (Idamore, Neala) 01:08:00 [3] ‘La mano tua’ (Idamore, Neala) 01:10:30 [4] ‘Tu? Mia?’ (Idamore, Neala) 01:11:57 [5] ‘Sarai tu sempre, o caro’ (Neala, Idamore) 01:15:46 [6] ‘Notte, ch’eterna a me parevi’ (Zarete) 01:21:34 [7] ‘Qui pel figlio una madre gridava’ (Zarete) 01:24:42 [8] ‘Mai fulgido così’ (Coro di Sacerdoti, Zarete) 01:28:00 [9] ‘Questa adunque, o _glio ingrato’ (Zarete) 01:31:04 [10] ‘Brama, autor dell’universo’ (Coro di Sacerdoti e Sacerdotesse) 01:35:13 [11] ‘Quanto di lieto’ (Idamore, Akebare, Neala) 01:38:56 [12] ‘Da sì caro e dolce istante’ (Idamore, Neala, Akebare, Empsaele, Coro di Sacerdoti e Sacerdotesse) 01:43:09 [13] ‘Ma tu, sommo Bramano’ (Zarete, Akebare, Neala, Idamore) 01:45:40 [14] ‘Deh un folle ardir’ (Neala, Akebare, Zarete, Idamore, Coro di Sacerdoti e Sacerdotesse) 01:47:52 [15] ‘La sorte di noi miseri’ (Idamore, Zarete, Neala, Akebare)