🐶 We're delighted to announce that Alistair McGowan will join the cast of Offenbach's Barkouf as Narrator for its UK premiere. "I'm delighted to be part of this rediscovery!" - Alistair McGowan The Hallé 🎟️ Tickets on sale now: https://ow.ly/8pvI50ZnpFL #Barkouf #OperaRara #AlistairMcGowan

Good afternoon Opera Lovers! 🎶 July Album of the Month: L'assedio di Calais by Donizetti. Watch, purchase, and stream now! 🎥🛒 🎼 https://ow.ly/RM9O50Zlr36 https://ow.ly/9UhF50Zlr37 https://ow.ly/wC3N50Zlr35

🎶 Another week, another free concert in our Summer Stream Series! Watch Joanna Harries & Anna Tilbrook's Salon Concert, 17–19 July. #OperaRara #Donizetti #Opera 🎟️ Get your free ticket: https://www.ticketsource.com/opera-rara/t-dkjrnzz Support us: https://opera-rara.com/support

A message from Germán Enrique Alcántara! 🎥 Today we get to relive the incredible performance by Germán Enrique Alcántara & pianist Anna Tilbrook, full of rare Donizetti & Argentinean gems! Free ticket: https://ow.ly/jV0F50ZlBtx #OperaRara #GermanEnriqueAlcantara

Puccini's final masterpiece, Turandot, remained unfinished due to his illness. Discover its story with Dr. Flora Willson & Dr. Ditlev Rindom. https://youtu.be/kQX3bxnL-lc #OperaRara #LivesInSong #Puccini #Turandot #OperaHistory

Our Summer Stream Concert Series continues with baritone Germán Enrique Alcántara & pianist Anna Tilbrook! 🎟️ Free ticket: https://ow.ly/WKWF50Zk4KG Join us Friday 1pm on YouTube. #OperaRara #GermanEnriqueAlcantara

🎶 Join us at 1pm on YouTube for Episode 2 of our Donizetti Summer Stream Concert Series with Katia Ledoux and Anna Tilbrook. Clip from La folle de Sainte-Hélène. 👉 https://tinyurl.com/2d6rnyhz #OperaRara #DonizettiSongProject

"La la la!" 🎭✨ Love Offenbach? Join us for Barkouf's UK premiere with The Hallé & English National Opera on 4 Oct, plus a special evening on 6 Oct at The National Opera Studio. Which Offenbach performance are you most excited about? #OperaRara #Offenbach #Barkouf 🎟️ https://opera-rara.com/events

We're delighted to announce a new collaboration with Juilliard Vocal Arts. This November, Carlo Rizzi and Michael Spyres will coach Juilliard students in Gaetano Donizetti's songs ahead of a concert, the performance will also be live streamed on the event page.   https://tinyurl.com/yc39vrdv

Our Summer Stream Concert Series continues this Friday at 1pm on YouTube with Katia Ledoux & Anna Tilbrook in a recital of rare songs by Donizetti and his contemporaries. 🎟️ Reserve your free ticket and receive a reminder: https://tinyurl.com/2d6rnyhz #KatiaLedoux #FreeConcert #Operarara

🎶 Our June newsletter is out now! Discover upcoming concerts, recordings, free summer streams, and the UK premiere of Offenbach's Barkouf as we look ahead to our 56th season. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/y2djmxhd #OperaRara #JuneNewsletter #OperaLovers #OperaSeason

Join us at 1pm on YouTube live stream now! 🎶 as we launch our Donizetti Summer Stream Concert Series with Michael Spyres, Marie-Nicole Lemieux & Giulio Zappa. La Prière: Voici le jour qui va paraître. 👉 Watch the premiere at 1.00pm and a summer of 10 free concerts. #OperaRara #DonizettiSongProject

"An ideal Donizetti tenor" Lawrence Brownlee brings Odi Elisa quest'è l'ora to a thrilling close in this excerpt from Opera Rara's Donizetti Songs Project. Volumes 1 & 2 available now to purchase or stream via the link in our bio. #OperaRara #LawrenceBrownlee

Nicola Alaimo takes to the stage at Wigmore Hall ✨ Celebrating the completion of the Donizetti Song Project. #OperaRara #DonizettiSongProject #WigmoreHall #NicolaAlaimo #BelCanto #ClassicalMusic

Another teaser from the recording sessions of Puccini’s #LaRondine (final 1921 version). Join our online launch event 29/10. Carlo Rizzi conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC Singers. Act 2 quartet with Ermonela Jaho, Ellie Nate, Iván Ayón-Rivas & Juan Francisco Gatell #OperaRara #Puccini

Reviews are in for our final Donizetti & Friends recital at Wigmore Hall “...these songs can be mini-masterpieces... a truly captivating host.” — Planet Hugill “...a fitting end to an exemplary voyage of exploration and rediscovery.” — Plays To See #OperaRara #Donizetti #Opera

A glass raised to Offenbach as we look ahead to our 56th season! 🥂 Featuring Ann Catherine Gillet and Virginie Verrez, this excerpt, "Ô malvoisie", comes from Opera Rara's 2023 recording of La Princesse de Trébizonde with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. #OperaRara #56thSeason

A wonderful day at Wigmore Hall celebrating the completion of the Donizetti Song Project with Nicola Alaimo, Carlo Rizzi and Hetty Snell. Thank you to our audience, donors and supporters. Relive the recital from 26 June in our free Summer Stream Series. #OperaRara #WigmoreHall

It's been an incredible journey so far and today marks the final concert in our Donizetti Song Project series. Celebrate with us and the people behind it all. The journey continues this summer with our streamed concert broadcasts. #DonizettiSongProject #ClassicalMusic #Operarara #Opera #RareOpera

“Viva la matrimonio” Ahead of tomorrow’s final Donizetti & Friends recital of the season at Wigmore Hall. Nicola Alaimo joins Carlo Rizzi and Hetty Snell #ItalianOpera #Donizetti #ClassicalMusic #NicolaAlaimo #OperaRara

#ThrowbackThursday to September 2023 when we first worked with Belgium soprano Anne-Catherine Gillet for Offenbach's La Princesse de Trébizonde. We're delighted to say that we'll be reunited exactly 3 years later for our next Offenbach rediscovery this autumn ✨

Donizetti Songs Vol. 8 has only just come out but the critics are already saying very nice things about it ⬇️ 'Alaimo's handling of the text is exemplary... he captures exactly the right atmosphere, giving the CD a wide range of emotions, from buffoonish humour to profound tragedy' - Opus Klassiek 🙏

📢 Out today 📢 Donizetti Songs Volume 8 featuring Nicola Alaimo, Carlo Rizzi and Nicholas Korth. Physical, digital, streaming and on YouTube 🎧 You can now officially enjoy the COMPLETE Donizetti Songs Collection 🥂

In this month's BBC Music Magazine, discover what Nicola Alaimo's best and worst performance experiences were in his career to date. Hint, both were at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. And join us tonight, to hear him at our final Donizetti Song Project launch ⬇️ #ConcertHeaven #ConcertHell

Available for another week is our concert of French, English, Italian and German songs sung by rising stars @sorayamafi.bsky.social and Robert Lewis on our YouTube channel 🎶 Recorded at Bechstein Hall with Anna Tilbrook 🎶 ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4an...

Happy release week! Our focus track from Donizetti Songs Vol. 8 is a humorous yet sentimental wedding song, likely commissioned from Donizetti by the father of a bride in 1843. Available exclusively now on our website & YouTube featuring Nicola Alaimo and our Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi 🎶

Our final Episode 6 of Lives in Song: Puccini is out today 🎙️ Flora Wllison is once again joined by Ditlev Rindom to discuss the final, 1921 version of La rondine - the focus of our next 💿 this autumn 👀 From 5pm BST/6pm CET: https://ow.ly/4Wtb50YyjLE

Our Donizetti Song Project highlights series this month comes to an end with this wonderful studio clip from Rosa Feola and Carlo Rizzi ✨ This is 'La zingara "Fra l'erbe cosparse"' - track 8 from our most recent Volume 7 release 💿

Last November, we released two additional Donizetti song tracks with Canadian soprano Sarah Dufresne - one in French and one in Italian - with Carlo Rizzi. You can listen to both on your favourite streaming platform or via our YouTube channel 🎶

Get your diaries out! This summer, we'll be streaming 10 of our concerts for free on our YouTube channel. Starting Friday 26 June with Nicola Alaimo, Carlo Rizzi and Hetty Snell recorded on 16 June at Wigmore Hall The full schedule of streams can be found here: https://ow.ly/9ntT50YBFr4