Gaetano Donizetti
Opera: Il Paria, Melo-dramma in two acts, first performance 12 january 1829, Teatro S. Carlo, Naples.
Libretto: Domenico Gilardoni
Prelude and recitative: Notte, ch'eterna a me parevi, eterna
Zarete: John Rawnsley
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: David Parry
Although not one of Donizetti's greatest successes it is one of his best operas before Anna Bolena.