The Lost Opera

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The Lost Opera
Cover of the 1985 reissue
Studio album by London Symphony Orchestra with Kimera
Released	1984
Genre	Classical
Label	Redbus (1984) Stylus (1985)
Producer	Steve Rowland

The Lost Opera is an album by the Korean soprano Kimera (Hong Hee Kim or Kim Hong-Hee) and the Operaiders with the London Symphony Orchestra. Consisting of snatches of popular operatic arias and choruses against a disco beat, in the style of Hooked on Classics, it was released in 1984 by the record label Redbus. Whilst not a major UK success^[1], it spent some sixteen weeks in the French charts. It was repackaged in a style more disco than classical in 1985 and reissued with the title "Hits On Opera", and with a more techno-style cover illustration, but gaining little additional interest. Being neither one thing nor the other, however, its audience was bound to be divided and it may be regarded as an experiment belonging to its time.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side One 1.2 Side Two 2 Personnel 3 References

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side One

1. "Caro nome" (Verdi from "Rigoletto")
2. "Operature 1" (J. Fiddy from "The Lost Opera")
3. "Overture - Madame Butterfly" (Puccini)
4. "Ah non giunge" (Bellini from "La Sonnambula")
5. "Nun's Chorus" (J. Strauss from "Casanova")
6. "La Donna è Mobile" (Verdi from "Rigoletto")
7. "Excerpt - Vesti La Giubba" (Leoncavallo from "I Pagliacci")
8. "Holle rache" (Mozart from "The Magic Flute")
9. "Largo al Factotum" (Rossini from "The Barber of Seville")
10. "Chanson Boheme" (Bizet from "Carmen")
11. "J'ai Perdu Mon Eurydice" (Gluck from "Orpheus")
12. "Couplets - Escamillo's song" (Bizet from "Carmen")
13. "Operature 2" (J. Fiddy from "The Lost Opera")
14. "Air des Clochettes" (Delibes from "Lakme")
15. "Reprise - Caro Nome" (Verdi from "Rigoletto")

[edit] Side Two

1. "Operature 3" (J. Fiddy from "The Lost Opera")
2. "Sempre libera" (Puccini from "La Traviata")
3. "Humming chorus" (Puccini from "Madam Butterfly")
4. "L'Amour est un Oiseau (Habanera)" (Bizet from "Carmen")
5. "Operature 4" (J. Fiddy from "The Lost Opera")
6. "The Flower Duet" (Delibes from "Lakme")
7. "Va pensiero" (Verdi from "Nabucco")
8. "Prelude Nº 1" (J.S Bach)
9. "Ave Maria" (Schubert/Storck)
10. "Ave Maria" (J.S. Bach/Gounod)
11. "Un Bel Di" (Puccini from "Madam Butterfly")

[edit] Personnel

• Kimera - Lead Vocals
• John Fiddy - Arranger^[2]
• Steve Rowland - Producer
• Joe Glasman - Keyboards^[3]
• The Ambrosian Singers - Chorus

[edit] References