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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

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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 [22] ‘Discendi’ (Empsaele, Akebare, Idamore, Neala)
01:06:41 [23] ‘A un culto barbaro’ (Idamore, Neala)
01:08:00 [24] ‘La mano tua’ (Idamore, Neala)
01:10:30 [25] ‘Tu? Mia?’ (Idamore, Neala)
01:11:57 [26] ‘Sarai tu sempre, o caro’ (Neala, Idamore)
01:15:46 [27] ‘Notte, ch’eterna a me parevi’ (Zarete)
01:21:34 [28] ‘Qui pel figlio una madre gridava’ (Zarete)
01:24:42 [29] ‘Mai fulgido così’ (Coro di Sacerdoti, Zarete)
01:28:00 [30] ‘Questa adunque, o _glio ingrato’ (Zarete)
01:31:04 [31] ‘Brama, autor dell’universo’ (Coro di Sacerdoti e Sacerdotesse)
01:35:13 [32] ‘Quanto di lieto’ (Idamore, Akebare, Neala)
01:38:56 [33] ‘Da sì caro e dolce istante’ (Idamore, Neala, Akebare, Empsaele, Coro di Sacerdoti e Sacerdotesse)
01:43:09 [34] ‘Ma tu, sommo Bramano’ (Zarete, Akebare, Neala, Idamore)
01:45:40 [35] ‘Deh un folle ardir’ (Neala, Akebare, Zarete, Idamore, Coro di Sacerdoti e Sacerdotesse)
01:47:52 [36] ‘La sorte di noi miseri’ (Idamore, Zarete, Neala, Akebare)

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