Opera Rara
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Rewriting Operatic History: Lost and Forgotten Operas Restored
Artist family: Carlo Rizzi, Ermonela Jaho & Michael Spyres
Next concert: 26 February with Julieth Lozano Rolong at Bechstein Hall, London
Artist family: Carlo Rizzi, Ermonela Jaho & Michael Spyres
Next concert: 26 February with Julieth Lozano Rolong at Bechstein Hall, London
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Happy Birthday Rosina Storchio, born #onthisday in 1872. In 2020, we released Ermonela Jaho's debut, award-winning, recital album Anima Rara featuring many of the arias championed by Rosina.
Including this one from Verdi's La traviata - head to our YouTube channel to discover more 👀
Including this one from Verdi's La traviata - head to our YouTube channel to discover more 👀
Welcome to our January newsletter in which we get excited about our first public performance of 2026 with Julieth Lozano Rolong at Bechstein Hall and the penultimate release in our #DonizettiSongProject recording cycle with Rosa Feola and Carlo Rizzi 🎶
Read on here 📰🗞️ ow.ly/ehzG50Y1Hc2
Read on here 📰🗞️ ow.ly/ehzG50Y1Hc2
January 23, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Welcome to our January newsletter in which we get excited about our first public performance of 2026 with Julieth Lozano Rolong at Bechstein Hall and the penultimate release in our #DonizettiSongProject recording cycle with Rosa Feola and Carlo Rizzi 🎶
Read on here 📰🗞️ ow.ly/ehzG50Y1Hc2
Read on here 📰🗞️ ow.ly/ehzG50Y1Hc2
#Throwback today to our first #OR55 Salon Series recital with Germán Enrique Alcántara in rare Italian and Argentinian songs incl. the UK premiere of Celia Torrá's 'Milonga del destino.'
Torrá (1884-1962) became the first woman to conduct an orchestra at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in 1921 💡
Torrá (1884-1962) became the first woman to conduct an orchestra at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in 1921 💡
January 22, 2026 at 11:13 AM
#Throwback today to our first #OR55 Salon Series recital with Germán Enrique Alcántara in rare Italian and Argentinian songs incl. the UK premiere of Celia Torrá's 'Milonga del destino.'
Torrá (1884-1962) became the first woman to conduct an orchestra at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in 1921 💡
Torrá (1884-1962) became the first woman to conduct an orchestra at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in 1921 💡
A reminder today that we are hiring 📢
Deadline for applications is Monday 9 February at 5pm UK time 📢
We look forward to hearing from you 📢
Deadline for applications is Monday 9 February at 5pm UK time 📢
We look forward to hearing from you 📢
📢 We're hiring 📢
As our five-year artistic plan toward our 60th anniversary in 2030 continues to unfold, we are looking for a Senior Philanthropy Manager for Individual Giving to join our team to work with our Patrons and Friends.
Full details here: ow.ly/N65450XSYxS
As our five-year artistic plan toward our 60th anniversary in 2030 continues to unfold, we are looking for a Senior Philanthropy Manager for Individual Giving to join our team to work with our Patrons and Friends.
Full details here: ow.ly/N65450XSYxS
January 20, 2026 at 11:49 AM
A reminder today that we are hiring 📢
Deadline for applications is Monday 9 February at 5pm UK time 📢
We look forward to hearing from you 📢
Deadline for applications is Monday 9 February at 5pm UK time 📢
We look forward to hearing from you 📢
Happy Birthday Rosina Storchio, born #onthisday in 1872. In 2020, we released Ermonela Jaho's debut, award-winning, recital album Anima Rara featuring many of the arias championed by Rosina.
Including this one from Verdi's La traviata - head to our YouTube channel to discover more 👀
Including this one from Verdi's La traviata - head to our YouTube channel to discover more 👀
January 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy Birthday Rosina Storchio, born #onthisday in 1872. In 2020, we released Ermonela Jaho's debut, award-winning, recital album Anima Rara featuring many of the arias championed by Rosina.
Including this one from Verdi's La traviata - head to our YouTube channel to discover more 👀
Including this one from Verdi's La traviata - head to our YouTube channel to discover more 👀
Happy Friday opera lovers! Our January Recording of the Month has now been revealed - Gabriella di Vergy in its 1838 version by Donizetti, discovered by team Opera Rara back in 1979 in a London library💡
Discover it here today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEkc...
Discover it here today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEkc...
Donizetti's Gabriella di Vergy | "I vostri accenti, un balsamo" | Ludmilla Andrew, RPO, Alun Francis
YouTube video by OperaRaraOfficial
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January 16, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Happy Friday opera lovers! Our January Recording of the Month has now been revealed - Gabriella di Vergy in its 1838 version by Donizetti, discovered by team Opera Rara back in 1979 in a London library💡
Discover it here today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEkc...
Discover it here today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEkc...
"A radiant diva gave me a night to remember... I have rarely been so emotionally engaged as I am by Jaho" said @thetimes.com - tonight in cinemas, you too can see our Artist Ambassador Ermonela Jaho as Violetta in Verdi's La traviata
More details here: www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-...
More details here: www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-...
La traviata review — a radiant diva gave me a night to remember
Ermonela Jaho wove anger, pride and fragility into her radiant performance as Violetta in Richard Eyre’s seemingly indestructible staging at the Royal Opera House
www.thetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:37 PM
"A radiant diva gave me a night to remember... I have rarely been so emotionally engaged as I am by Jaho" said @thetimes.com - tonight in cinemas, you too can see our Artist Ambassador Ermonela Jaho as Violetta in Verdi's La traviata
More details here: www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-...
More details here: www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-...
We are so grateful 🙏 We are winners of the Vocal Category 🥳 - Ermonela Jaho and Carlo Rizzi, Donizetti Volumes 5 and 6: www.pizzicato.lu/internationa...
International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announce the 2026 winners - Pizzicato
Today, the Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) announced the winners of the awards for the 2026 edition. Jury President Remy Franck says: « After careful consideration, much listen...
www.pizzicato.lu
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 AM
We are so grateful 🙏 We are winners of the Vocal Category 🥳 - Ermonela Jaho and Carlo Rizzi, Donizetti Volumes 5 and 6: www.pizzicato.lu/internationa...
In just over a week we'll be recording Ep. 4 of Lives in Song: Puccini podcast with Ermonela Jaho - for our #AskOperaRara section, we're asking our followers to choose which❓to ask her about:
1. Her pre-show ritual
2. How she unwinds after an opera like La traviata
3. Advice to younger singers
1. Her pre-show ritual
2. How she unwinds after an opera like La traviata
3. Advice to younger singers
January 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In just over a week we'll be recording Ep. 4 of Lives in Song: Puccini podcast with Ermonela Jaho - for our #AskOperaRara section, we're asking our followers to choose which❓to ask her about:
1. Her pre-show ritual
2. How she unwinds after an opera like La traviata
3. Advice to younger singers
1. Her pre-show ritual
2. How she unwinds after an opera like La traviata
3. Advice to younger singers
A reminder that our Winter Sales are still running until... midnight GMT 1 February!
If you want to listen to a few excerpts from our back catalogue before you commit to anything, have a listen to our Essentials playlist 🎧 ow.ly/fiqk50XU4Bj
If you want to listen to a few excerpts from our back catalogue before you commit to anything, have a listen to our Essentials playlist 🎧 ow.ly/fiqk50XU4Bj
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 PM
A reminder that our Winter Sales are still running until... midnight GMT 1 February!
If you want to listen to a few excerpts from our back catalogue before you commit to anything, have a listen to our Essentials playlist 🎧 ow.ly/fiqk50XU4Bj
If you want to listen to a few excerpts from our back catalogue before you commit to anything, have a listen to our Essentials playlist 🎧 ow.ly/fiqk50XU4Bj
Looking for a musical pick-me-up this winter? On 26 February, we'll be presenting Julieth Lozano Rolong in a new collaboration with Bechstein Hall. Her programme includes rare songs by Donizetti and a selection of works from her album Alma, dedicated to Ibero-American cancíon.
🎟️ ow.ly/ZPE050XTstP
🎟️ ow.ly/ZPE050XTstP
January 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Looking for a musical pick-me-up this winter? On 26 February, we'll be presenting Julieth Lozano Rolong in a new collaboration with Bechstein Hall. Her programme includes rare songs by Donizetti and a selection of works from her album Alma, dedicated to Ibero-American cancíon.
🎟️ ow.ly/ZPE050XTstP
🎟️ ow.ly/ZPE050XTstP
📢 We're hiring 📢
As our five-year artistic plan toward our 60th anniversary in 2030 continues to unfold, we are looking for a Senior Philanthropy Manager for Individual Giving to join our team to work with our Patrons and Friends.
Full details here: ow.ly/N65450XSYxS
As our five-year artistic plan toward our 60th anniversary in 2030 continues to unfold, we are looking for a Senior Philanthropy Manager for Individual Giving to join our team to work with our Patrons and Friends.
Full details here: ow.ly/N65450XSYxS
January 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
📢 We're hiring 📢
As our five-year artistic plan toward our 60th anniversary in 2030 continues to unfold, we are looking for a Senior Philanthropy Manager for Individual Giving to join our team to work with our Patrons and Friends.
Full details here: ow.ly/N65450XSYxS
As our five-year artistic plan toward our 60th anniversary in 2030 continues to unfold, we are looking for a Senior Philanthropy Manager for Individual Giving to join our team to work with our Patrons and Friends.
Full details here: ow.ly/N65450XSYxS
"Culture lives in the small rituals, in care, memory, and the quiet gestures that shape who we are." - our Artist Ambassador Ermonela Jaho in her latest @theobserveruk.bsky.social interview.
Read it here and tune into BBC Radio 3 tomorrow to hear her on In Tune: observer.co.uk/culture/on-m...
Read it here and tune into BBC Radio 3 tomorrow to hear her on In Tune: observer.co.uk/culture/on-m...
Ermonela Jaho: ‘Culture is found in the small rituals of ...
The acclaimed soprano’s cultural highlights include a visit to Kosovo, the meditative joy of sushi and a handbook for helping those we love
observer.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
"Culture lives in the small rituals, in care, memory, and the quiet gestures that shape who we are." - our Artist Ambassador Ermonela Jaho in her latest @theobserveruk.bsky.social interview.
Read it here and tune into BBC Radio 3 tomorrow to hear her on In Tune: observer.co.uk/culture/on-m...
Read it here and tune into BBC Radio 3 tomorrow to hear her on In Tune: observer.co.uk/culture/on-m...
Happy New Year opera lovers! Here's a little 🎁 from us to you to get keep you going through this first week back: our Nelly Miricioiu Rossini Gala featuring duets and ensembles from nine of the great composer's operas
Now available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsgp...
Now available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsgp...
Nelly Miricioiu Rossini Gala | with The Academy of St Martin in the Fields and David Parry
YouTube video by OperaRaraOfficial
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January 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Happy New Year opera lovers! Here's a little 🎁 from us to you to get keep you going through this first week back: our Nelly Miricioiu Rossini Gala featuring duets and ensembles from nine of the great composer's operas
Now available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsgp...
Now available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsgp...
Is it possible to sum up a whole year in under 5 minutes? Well, we tried. Watch our Year in Review for 2025 video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77r8...
And wherever you are in the world, we wish you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2026!
And wherever you are in the world, we wish you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2026!
December 31, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Is it possible to sum up a whole year in under 5 minutes? Well, we tried. Watch our Year in Review for 2025 video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77r8...
And wherever you are in the world, we wish you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2026!
And wherever you are in the world, we wish you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2026!
We're grateful for further end of year recognition today, this time from @theartsdesk.bsky.social who picked our Simon Boccanegra (original, 1857 version) and Donizetti Songs Vol. 4 with Marie-Nicole Lemieux & Giulio Zappa as two of the Best Albums of 2025 🙏
➡️ www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
➡️ www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
December 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We're grateful for further end of year recognition today, this time from @theartsdesk.bsky.social who picked our Simon Boccanegra (original, 1857 version) and Donizetti Songs Vol. 4 with Marie-Nicole Lemieux & Giulio Zappa as two of the Best Albums of 2025 🙏
➡️ www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
➡️ www.theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...
Have you listened to Donizetti's Il diluvio universale, our December Recording of the Month? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjjd...
We remastered it along with two other Donizetti rareties as one boxset - it's available now and on offer as part of our Winter Sales 👀 opera-rara.com/shopcatalogu...
We remastered it along with two other Donizetti rareties as one boxset - it's available now and on offer as part of our Winter Sales 👀 opera-rara.com/shopcatalogu...
Donizetti's Il diluvio universale | Mirco Palazzi, Simon Bailey, Mark Wilde | LPO, Giuliano Carella
YouTube video by OperaRaraOfficial
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Have you listened to Donizetti's Il diluvio universale, our December Recording of the Month? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjjd...
We remastered it along with two other Donizetti rareties as one boxset - it's available now and on offer as part of our Winter Sales 👀 opera-rara.com/shopcatalogu...
We remastered it along with two other Donizetti rareties as one boxset - it's available now and on offer as part of our Winter Sales 👀 opera-rara.com/shopcatalogu...
Happy Monday opera lovers 🎶 If you missed our Artist Ambassador Ermonela Jaho in her most recent London performance, fear not! Ermonela is back singing her signature role of Violetta at the RBO from 8 January.
Read her latest interview in Forum Opéra here: www.forumopera.com/ermonela-jah...
Read her latest interview in Forum Opéra here: www.forumopera.com/ermonela-jah...
December 29, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Happy Monday opera lovers 🎶 If you missed our Artist Ambassador Ermonela Jaho in her most recent London performance, fear not! Ermonela is back singing her signature role of Violetta at the RBO from 8 January.
Read her latest interview in Forum Opéra here: www.forumopera.com/ermonela-jah...
Read her latest interview in Forum Opéra here: www.forumopera.com/ermonela-jah...
May the season bring you and your family much peace and music 🎶
With all best wishes from the Opera Rara team ✨
With all best wishes from the Opera Rara team ✨
December 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
May the season bring you and your family much peace and music 🎶
With all best wishes from the Opera Rara team ✨
With all best wishes from the Opera Rara team ✨
Then and now: 2022 rehearsing for his recording debut, and 2025, captured in the break of recording his third album with us.
Thank YOU Iván Ayón-Rivas, our final Artist of the Day in our Advent series for this year 🙌
Thank YOU Iván Ayón-Rivas, our final Artist of the Day in our Advent series for this year 🙌
December 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Then and now: 2022 rehearsing for his recording debut, and 2025, captured in the break of recording his third album with us.
Thank YOU Iván Ayón-Rivas, our final Artist of the Day in our Advent series for this year 🙌
Thank YOU Iván Ayón-Rivas, our final Artist of the Day in our Advent series for this year 🙌
Our Arsace, our Nelly, our Isaura, our Ariodante... you'll also always be in our heart Daniela Barcellona 🎶
Watch the full clip of Daniela in recording sessions for Rossini's Semiramide here with Mirco Palazzi as Assur and Sir Mark Elder conducting: ow.ly/CxfA50XNxYg
Watch the full clip of Daniela in recording sessions for Rossini's Semiramide here with Mirco Palazzi as Assur and Sir Mark Elder conducting: ow.ly/CxfA50XNxYg
December 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Our Arsace, our Nelly, our Isaura, our Ariodante... you'll also always be in our heart Daniela Barcellona 🎶
Watch the full clip of Daniela in recording sessions for Rossini's Semiramide here with Mirco Palazzi as Assur and Sir Mark Elder conducting: ow.ly/CxfA50XNxYg
Watch the full clip of Daniela in recording sessions for Rossini's Semiramide here with Mirco Palazzi as Assur and Sir Mark Elder conducting: ow.ly/CxfA50XNxYg
It's #Puccini's 167th birthday this day and we're taking the opportunity to share a few more reviews from our recent revival of the final, 1921 version of La rondine led by our Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi✨
Thank you once again to all the critics who joined us and wrote about our performance 🎵
Thank you once again to all the critics who joined us and wrote about our performance 🎵
December 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It's #Puccini's 167th birthday this day and we're taking the opportunity to share a few more reviews from our recent revival of the final, 1921 version of La rondine led by our Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi✨
Thank you once again to all the critics who joined us and wrote about our performance 🎵
Thank you once again to all the critics who joined us and wrote about our performance 🎵
'I have the greatest and happiest memories from being involved in that album' - André Henriques made his recording debut when he joined us to bring Donizetti's L'esule di Roma back to life in 2023.
He sings the roles of Lucio and Fulvio 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=a0FM...
Thank you André for your 💬!
He sings the roles of Lucio and Fulvio 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=a0FM...
Thank you André for your 💬!
December 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
'I have the greatest and happiest memories from being involved in that album' - André Henriques made his recording debut when he joined us to bring Donizetti's L'esule di Roma back to life in 2023.
He sings the roles of Lucio and Fulvio 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=a0FM...
Thank you André for your 💬!
He sings the roles of Lucio and Fulvio 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=a0FM...
Thank you André for your 💬!
Our Artist of the Day is mezzo-soprano @joannaharries.bsky.social who made her recording debut with us in 2023, followed by a beautiful Salon Series recital and then our recent revival of the final, 1921 version of Puccini's La rondine 🙌
Here's to more collaborations in the near future Joanna!
Here's to more collaborations in the near future Joanna!
December 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Our Artist of the Day is mezzo-soprano @joannaharries.bsky.social who made her recording debut with us in 2023, followed by a beautiful Salon Series recital and then our recent revival of the final, 1921 version of Puccini's La rondine 🙌
Here's to more collaborations in the near future Joanna!
Here's to more collaborations in the near future Joanna!
Voted one of the Best Classical Albums of 2025 by @nytimes.com @thetimes.com Gramophone @prestomusic.bsky.social... Nominated for Gramophone, International Opera and International Classical Music Awards...
Have you listened to Verdi's Simon Boccanegra in its original 1857 version yet ❓
Have you listened to Verdi's Simon Boccanegra in its original 1857 version yet ❓
December 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Voted one of the Best Classical Albums of 2025 by @nytimes.com @thetimes.com Gramophone @prestomusic.bsky.social... Nominated for Gramophone, International Opera and International Classical Music Awards...
Have you listened to Verdi's Simon Boccanegra in its original 1857 version yet ❓
Have you listened to Verdi's Simon Boccanegra in its original 1857 version yet ❓
In our final newsletter of 2025, we would like to thank you — our supporters, friends, and followers from around the world 🌎— who have helped us achieve so much this year.
We look forward to sharing more operatic adventures with you in 2026 🎶
Read our latest issue 📰🗞️ ow.ly/6t4j50XM7zl
We look forward to sharing more operatic adventures with you in 2026 🎶
Read our latest issue 📰🗞️ ow.ly/6t4j50XM7zl
December 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
In our final newsletter of 2025, we would like to thank you — our supporters, friends, and followers from around the world 🌎— who have helped us achieve so much this year.
We look forward to sharing more operatic adventures with you in 2026 🎶
Read our latest issue 📰🗞️ ow.ly/6t4j50XM7zl
We look forward to sharing more operatic adventures with you in 2026 🎶
Read our latest issue 📰🗞️ ow.ly/6t4j50XM7zl