Opera Rara & The Hallé to Collaborate on Offenbach’s ‘Barkouf’

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Opera Rara and The Hallé announced that they will join forces for the UK premiere of Offenbach’s political satire “Barkouf” on Oct. 4, 2026. The work centers on a dog who is appointed governor of a fictitious place called “Lahore,” whose population has reached its wits’ end with the corruption and incompetence of successive leaders. The performance will use musicologist {…}

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Ermonela Jaho & Iván Ayón-Rivas Lead Opera Rara’s ‘La Rondine’

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On Dec. 5, 2025, Opera Rara will team up with the BBC Symphony Orchestra to present the final 1921 version of Puccini’s “La rondine.” The performance will be at London’s Barbican Centre, and this will mark the first time the complete third version of “La Rondine,” the one which Puccini was most committed to but never heard in his lifetime {…}

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Opera Rara Announces New International Partnerships

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Opera Rara has announced two new international partnerships at the start of its 55th season. The company’s newest partners are the Donizetti Opera Festival and Bloomsbury Publishing. This season launches the collaboration with Opera Rara and Bergamo’s Donizetti Opera Festival. Over the course of six concerts across three years, all of Donizetti’s solo songs will be performed by young artists {…}

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Germán Enrique Alcántara, Julieth Lozano, Soraya Mafi, & Robert Lewis Star in Opera Rara’s 55th Season

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Opera Rara announces its 55th season. Concerts The Salon Series recital co-presented with Temple Music Foundation features baritone Germán Enrique Alcántara and pianist Anna Tilbrook. Performance Date: October 10, 2025 The final, 1921 version of Puccini’s “La rondine” features Ermonela Jaho, Iván Ayón-Rivas, Nicola Alaimo, Ellie Neate, Juan Francisco Gatell, Jessica Robinson, Julieth Lozano, Joanna Harries, Robert Lewis, and William {…}

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CD Review: Opera Rara’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’

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“Simon Boccanegra” – in its standard 1881 revision – is an undisputed, though infrequently performed, masterpiece. But what of its very first iteration from 1857? Its premiere, at Venice’s La Fenice, famously turned into a fiasco. Julian Budden, for example, admitted to the hostility with which the libretto was received, while Verdi himself, in a letter to Giraldoni, wryly picked {…}

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Opera Rara to Stream Michael Spyres & Marie-Nicole Lemieux’s Donizetti / Berlioz Recital

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Opera Rara is set to stream its March 16 concert featuring Michael Spyres and Marie-Nicole Lemieux. The showcase, which took place at Cadogan Hall on March 10, will be available to stream on Opera Rara’s YouTube for 30 days starting on March 16, 2025. The performance featured several songs by Donizetti, interspersed with works by Berlioz. The two singers were {…}

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Opera Rara Announces 2025 Schedule

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Opera Rara has announced the 2025 schedule The first series of “Lives in Song” is hosted by Flora Willson and Roger Parker. Donizetti—Episode 2 will examine the music of Gaetano Donizetti and tell the story of his life through some of the songs he composed. Stream Date: Jan. 16, 2025 Opera Rara’s second Salon Series recital for emerging artists will {…}

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Ermonela Jaho Headlines Opera Rara’s Second ‘Donizetti and Friends’ Recital

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Opera Rara is set to present its second “Donizetti and Friends” recital on May 23, 2024. The showcase, which will take place at Wigmore Hall, will feature Artist Ambassador Ermonela Jaho. She is joined by Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi. They will perform numerous songs by Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Gounod, and Viardot. Also performing at the concert is violinist Marco Rizzi {…}

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CD Review: Opera Rara’s ‘L’Esule di Roma’

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In 2023, Carlo Rizzi and the British label of Opera Rara resurrected Mercadante’s unjustly neglected “Il Proscritto” – the story of the exile Giorgio Argyll’s return to Scotland and the ensuing, tragic love triangle at the heart of Salvadore Cammarano’s rather unlikely libretto. In 2024, conductor Rizzi turns his attention to another exile: the former tribune Settimio who is the {…}

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Opera Rara & The Hallé to Collaborate on Offenbach’s ‘Barkouf’

Ermonela Jaho & Iván Ayón-Rivas Lead Opera Rara’s ‘La Rondine’

Opera Rara Announces New International Partnerships

Germán Enrique Alcántara, Julieth Lozano, Soraya Mafi, & Robert Lewis Star in Opera Rara’s 55th Season

CD Review: Opera Rara’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’

Opera Rara to Stream Michael Spyres & Marie-Nicole Lemieux’s Donizetti / Berlioz Recital

Opera Rara Announces 2025 Schedule

Ermonela Jaho Headlines Opera Rara’s Second ‘Donizetti and Friends’ Recital

CD Review: Opera Rara’s ‘L’Esule di Roma’