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Prima Donna (Rufus Wainwright album)

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Prima Donna
Studio album by
Rufus Wainwright
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2015 (2015-09-11)
GenreOpera
LabelDeutsche Grammophon (Universal Music Group)
Rufus Wainwright chronology
Rufus Wainwright: Live from the Artists Den
(2014) 		Prima Donna
(2015) 		Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets
(2016)

Prima Donna is a double album recording of Rufus Wainwright's 2009 opera of the same name, released internationally by the German classical record label Deutsche Grammophon (Universal Music Group)[1] on September 11, 2015 and on October 2, 2015 in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.[2][3] The recording features performances by Janis Kelly, Kathryn Guthrie, Antonio Figueroa, Richard Morrison, and Jayce Ogren conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra.[4] The album's release coincided with Prima Donna: A Symphonic Visual Concert.

Reception

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Robert Levine of Classics Today gave the quality of the recording a rating of 8 out of 10.[5]

Track listing

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Disc 1 (Act 1)
No.TitleLength
1."Overture" (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jayce Ogren)6:07
2."Scene 1: 'Oh! Madame Saint Laurent !'" (Janis Kelly, Kathryn Guthrie, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)3:01
3."Scene 2: Aria 'J'ai rêvé toute la nuit'" (Kelly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)2:59
4."Scene 3: 'Merci. Asseyez-vous'"1:38
5."Scene 4: 'Ah ! Les soucis !'" (Kelly, Guthrie, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)1:10
6."Scene 5: 'Aliénor, quelle femme merveilleuse'" (Kelly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)1:50
7."Scene 6: 'Mais non, Madame'" (Kelly, Guthrie, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)2:51
8."Scene 7: 'Mais que se passe-t-il donc'" (Kelly, Guthrie, Richard Morrison, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)1:59
9."Scene 8: 'À l'époque, François, avant'"2:15
10."Scene 9: 'Cet appartement'"1:32
11."Scene 10: 'Mon dieu qu'il est laid !'"2:06
12."Scene 11: 'À ton âge, François'" (Morrison, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)2:42
13."Scene 12: 'Voici le journaliste !'" (Antonio Figueroa, Morrison, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)2:25
14."Scene 13: 'Bonjour, Madame Saint Laurent'"2:14
15."Scene 14: 'Quand j'étais jeune étudiant'"3:10
16."Scene 15: 'Madame Saint Laurent'" (Kelly, Figueroa, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)1:15
17."Scene 16: 'La Première'" (Kelly, Guthrie, Figueroa, Morrison, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)2:32
18."Scene 17: 'Régine quelle majesté'"3:14
19."Scene 18: 'Abandonne, pose ta couronne'"3:05
20."Scene 19: 'Charmant, tout à fait'" (Kelly, Figueroa, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)2:10
21."Scene 20: 'Oh, ma voix !'" (Kelly, Guthrie, Morrison, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)0:59
22."Scene 21: 'Oh ma douleur !'" (Kelly, Guthrie, Figueroa, Morrison, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)5:17
23."'Revenez donc ce soir' – Scene 22: Interlude" (Figueroa, Morrison, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)1:55
24."Scene 23: The Kiss" (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)1:15
Total length:59:41
Disc 2 (Act 2)
No.TitleLength
1."Overture" (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)3:31
2."Scene 1: 'Dans mon pays de Picardie'" (Guthrie, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)5:04
3."Scene 2: 'Excusez-moi, Monsieur Philippe'" (Guthrie, Morrison, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)4:09
4."Scene 3: 'Vocalise'"2:53
5."Scene 4: 'Et maintenant, Aliénor, à nous deux'"1:04
6."Aria 'Quand j'étais jeune étudiante'" (Kelly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)5:43
7."Scene 5: 'Dans ce jardin'" (Kelly, Figueroa, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)9:54
8."Scene 6: Meditation" (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)6:11
9."Scene 7: 'C'est impossible !'" (Kelly, Guthrie, Morrison, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)4:02
10."Scene 8: 'Maintenant il est temps'" (Guthrie, Figueroa, Morrison, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)3:30
11."Scene 9: 'Je suis heureuse'" (Kelly, Guthrie, Figueroa, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)3:48
12."Scene 10: Aria 'Prenez-le donc'" (Kelly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)6:11
13."Scene 11: Final Interlude" (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)5:13
14."Scene 12: Brief Percussion Fireworks Music – Aria 'Les feux d'artifice'" (Kelly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ogren)6:56
Total length:1:08:13

Track listing adapted from Deutsche Grammophon.[4]

Personnel

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Credits adapted from Deutsche Grammophon[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Mit Leib und Seele – Rufus Wainwrights Operndebüt Prima Donna" (in German). Universal Music Group. August 18, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  2. ^ "Rufus Wainwright presents Prima Donna: A Symphonic Visual Concert". Music-News. August 28, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  3. ^ "Rufus Wainwright opera 'Prima Donna' comes to disc". www.yourclassical.org. 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  4. ^ a b c "Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna". Deutsche Grammophon. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  5. ^ "Rufus Wainwright's Prima Donna A Seconda-Rate Opera - Classics Today". www.classicstoday.com. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
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