Della Jones - Della Jones Sings Donizetti (1998)

With the release of this compilation Opera Rara celebrated two anniversaries, the 200th birthday of Donizetti and twenty years of collaboration with the Welsh mezzo-soprano Della Jones. Hear this consummate musician accompanied on this recording by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra, in highlights from Maria Padilla, Alfredo il Grande, Ugo Conte di Parigi, Gabriella di Vergy and L’assedio di Calais.

‘Della Jones bring an attractive warm vocal timbre and a superb colorature technique to every piece’ – Charles Osborne, BBC Music Magazine