Performer: Ermonela Jaho
Orchestra: Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Conductor: Andrea Battistoni
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Opera Rara
Release: 2020
Size: 568 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)
02. Leoncavallo: Musette svaria sulla bocca viva (from La Bohème)
03. Mascagni: Un dì ero piccina (from Iris)
04. Massenet: Ces gens que je connais…Pendant un an je fus ta femme (from Sapho)
05. Boito: L’altra notte in fondo al mare (from Mefistofele)
06. Mascagni: Ah, il suo nome… Flammen perdonami (from Lodoletta)
07. Massenet: Adieu, notre petite table (from Manon)
08. Giordano, U: Nel so amore from Siberia
09. Verdi: Teneste la promessa…Addio, del passato (from La Traviata)
10. Mascagni: Son pochi fiori (from L’Amico Fritz)
11. Catalani: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)
12. Leoncavallo: Mimi Pinson la biondinetta (from La Bohème)
13. Massenet: Prelude…Demain je partirai (from Sapho)
14. Puccini: Con onor muore (from Madama Butterfly)
Anima Rara, the debut recital album from Ermonela Jaho, explores music championed by Rosina Storchio, one of the most charismatic lyric sopranos of the verismo era. Jaho sings arias from operas including Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Leoncavallo’s La bohème, Giordano’s Siberia, Mascagni’s Lodoletta and Verdi’s La traviata, accompanied by the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana led by young Italian conductor Andrea Battistoni. Known for performances of searing intensity and emotional truth, Jaho has been described as ‘the world’s most acclaimed soprano’ (The Economist) and ‘one of the great verismo interpreters’ (The Guardian).