Marston Records' The Complete Olimpia Boronat came as a surprise when it was issued in 1997; one of the first releases on the then-fledgling enterprise named after its founder, an expert transfer engineer, the question automatically raised upon first glance was "who the heck is Olimpia Boronat?" Not even hardcore historical opera fans can be blamed for not knowing the name -- Boronat was an Italian coloratura soprano of Spanish origin who never appeared in any of the major Western opera houses, singing only in Spain, ...
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Marston Records' The Complete Olimpia Boronat came as a surprise when it was issued in 1997; one of the first releases on the then-fledgling enterprise named after its founder, an expert transfer engineer, the question automatically raised upon first glance was "who the heck is Olimpia Boronat?" Not even hardcore historical opera fans can be blamed for not knowing the name -- Boronat was an Italian coloratura soprano of Spanish origin who never appeared in any of the major Western opera houses, singing only in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and South and Central America. Boronat's biggest success was at the Imperial opera in St. Petersburg and in Poland, where she appeared as a star of the first rank. She recorded for Gramophone and Typewriter Co.'s Fred Gaisberg in St. Petersburg in 1904 and in Milan in 1908, producing 21 known sides, and all of them are represented here.Boronat belongs to a very old school tradition, preferring Bellini, Donizetti, Gounod, Meyerbeer, and earlier Verdi operas; she never sang...
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