Anima Rara

She has a slender tone, definitely more lyric than spinto, and is often so deeply invested in her role that it’s not always a very ‘pretty’ sound. Yet it’s exactly these qualities that are her... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020 More…

Release Date: 25th Sep 2020
Catalogue No: 9293802532
Label: Opera Rara
Length: 70 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

25th September 2020
BBC Music Magazine

November 2020

Opera Choice
Gramophone Magazine

Awards Issue 2020

Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year

Winner 2020
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2020
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2021

Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble

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Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)

Work length4:32

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

Leoncavallo: La bohème: "Musette svaria sulla bocca viva"

Work length2:01

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

Mascagni: Iris: "Un di, ero piccina"

Work length3:43

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

Massenet: Sapho: "Ces gens que je connais... Pendant un an je fus ta femme"

Work length3:26

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

Boito: Mefistofele: "L'altra notte in fondo al mare"

Work length7:01

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

Mascagni: Lodoletta: "Ah! Il suo nome!... Flammen perdonami..."

Work length12:08

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

Massenet: Manon: "Allons! Il le faut... Adieu, notre petite table"

Work length4:19

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

Giordano, U: Siberia: "No! Se un pensier... Nel suo amore rianimata"

Work length2:49

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

Verdi: La traviata: "Teneste la promessa... Addio, del passato"

Work length8:18

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

Mascagni: L'amico Fritz: "Son pochi fiori"

Work length3:11

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

Catalani: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)

Work length4:15

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

Leoncavallo: La bohème "Mimi Pinson, la biondinetta"

Work length2:13

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

Massenet: Sapho: Prelude and "Demain je partirai"

Work length9:19

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

Puccini: Madama Butterfly: "Con onor muore... Tu? Tu? Piccolo Iddio"

Work length2:47

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Ermonela Jaho (soprano)
Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana
Andrea Battistoni

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Recording of the Week, Ermonela Jaho's Anima Rara

25th September 2020

The Albanian soprano's debut solo recording on Opera Rara pays tribute to Rosina Storchio, who created the role of Madama Butterfly and was also muse to Leoncavallo, Giordano and Mascagni.

Interview, Ermonela Jaho on Anima Rara

10th September 2020

The Albanian soprano talks to Katherine about her debut solo recording on Opera Rara, focusing on the short but remarkable career of Rosina Storchio, who created the role of 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).

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Awards Issue 2020

She has a slender tone, definitely more lyric than spinto, and is often so deeply invested in her role that it’s not always a very ‘pretty’ sound. Yet it’s exactly these qualities that are her strengths here…Jaho invests each and every role with a sense of drama that translates across the speakers, even though there are no visuals.

November 2020

Her extraordinary ability to arouse acute emotion through impassioned utterance of tone and word, now internationally attested, is evident throughout the disc…None of the 11 Storchio roles essayed here lacks the personal touches that distinguish the genuinely creative artist from the journeyman or -woman. Stamina for the climaxes is never wanting. Each track offers moments of beauty, in soft high phrases above all.

25th September 2020

It all suits Jaho down to a T. As contemporary reviews, letters and the very few existing recordings of Storchio illustrate, there seems to be an almost uncanny affinity between the two singers in terms of both voice and artistic temperament. Storchio was very far removed from the powerhouse sopranos who’ve taken on some of these roles to great effect since the end of her short but astonishing career, and it’s a real eye-opener to hear this music sung with such delicacy, freshness and introversion.

11th October 2020

The Albanian soprano’s voice may not be sumptuous, but her keen alliance of music and text is compelling. One would love to hear her as any of these verismo heroines, but the scene from Lodoletta stands out, idiomatically accompanied by Battistoni and the orchestra.

2nd October 2020

Past appearances at the Royal Opera House and on the Opera Rara label may have made us more accustomed to her blazing intensity, fruity but well-managed vibrato and rounded, copper-coloured tone colour. Yet the Jaho effect continues to thrill and startle to a singular degree.

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Watch the complete Zoom album-launch from 24th September 2020, hosted by Opera Rara and Presto Classical and featuring Ermonela Jaho and Andrea Battistoni

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Recording of the Week, Ermonela Jaho's Anima Rara

Interview, Ermonela Jaho on Anima Rara