Prima Donna (Rufus Wainwright album)

Prima Donna
Studio album by
Rufus Wainwright
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2015 (2015-09-11)
GenreOpera
LabelDeutsche Grammophon (Universal Music Group)
Rufus Wainwright chronology
Rufus Wainwright: Live from the Artists Den
(2014) 		Prima Donna
(2015) 		Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets
(2016)

Prima Donna is a double album recording of Rufus Wainwright's 2009 opera of the same name, released internationally by the German classical record label Deutsche Grammophon (Universal Music Group)[1] on September 11, 2015 and on October 2, 2015 in Canada, Mexico, and the United States.[2][3] The recording features performances by Janis Kelly, Kathryn Guthrie, Antonio Figueroa, Richard Morrison, and Jayce Ogren conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra.[4] The album's release coincided with Prima Donna: A Symphonic Visual Concert.

  1. ^ "Mit Leib und Seele – Rufus Wainwrights Operndebüt Prima Donna" (in German). Universal Music Group. August 18, 2015. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  2. ^ "Rufus Wainwright presents Prima Donna: A Symphonic Visual Concert". Music-News. August 28, 2015. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  3. ^ "Rufus Wainwright opera 'Prima Donna' comes to disc". www.yourclassical.org. 2015-09-21. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  4. ^ "Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna". Deutsche Grammophon. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.