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Prima Donna
Prima Donna
Studio album by Rufus Wainwright
Released	September 11, 2015
Genre	Opera
Label	Deutsche Grammophon (Universal Music Group)
Rufus Wainwright chronology

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

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

Track listing

Disc 1 (Act 1)
No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Antonio Figueroa
Kathryn Guthrie
Janis Kelly
Richard Morrison
Jayce Ogren

Credits adapted from Deutsche Grammophon^[4]

References

^ "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.
^ "Rufus Wainwright presents Prima Donna: A Symphonic Visual Concert". Music-News. August 28, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
^ "Rufus Wainwright opera 'Prima Donna' comes to disc". www.yourclassical.org. 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna". Deutsche Grammophon. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
^ "Rufus Wainwright's Prima Donna A Seconda-Rate Opera - Classics Today". www.classicstoday.com. Retrieved 2024-11-11.

External links

Prima Donna: The Albumat PledgeMusic Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine

[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.

[MusicNews-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.

[DG-4] "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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