Revealing our #RecordingOfTheMonth for May: Gounod's La Colombe (The Dove), starring ERIN MORLEY Javier Camarena in their studio recording debuts.

Enjoy the Overture via our YouTube channel here & to discover more about this opera over the coming weeks: ow.ly/QmB950RAibW

Our Comms Director Zach Vanderburg recently spoke with Creative Kin's Jason Caffrey about how we made YouTube work for Opera Rara.

If we're allowed to say it ourselves, it's a really interesting listen - available now on Apple, Spotify and Amazon 🎧 ow.ly/cy2N50RA7Gv

Ermonela Jaho Headlines Opera Rara's Second 'Donizetti and Friends' Recital
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What is your Opera Rara story? As part of #AskOperaRara , we're also collecting stories from our audiences - this might be memories of a concert, a recording or how you found out about us.

More here or let us know using #MyOperaRaraStory : ow.ly/UwFi50RzeJ0

The beauty of song is the ability to create an entire world in just under 1 minute. Here’s “È più dell’onda instabile”, composed early on in Donizetti’s career, possibly in the 1820’s or earlier.

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Donizetti’s “Se a te d’intorno scherza” is one of his better-known songs, first published on 4 April 1844 in the Neapolitan journal Il sibilo. The poet is unknown but crafts a beautiful story of love and longing - English translation below:

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Happy Monday! Ermonela Jaho | Soprano & Carlo Rizzi have been busy since the weekend recording Donizetti songs in North London.

Some of our followers here may also follow us on Instagram, but if not, please enjoy this clip from Day 1 of recording! 🎧🎶🎹

Our summer season at the Temple:
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Chamber music, song, an organ recital, choral music, and madrigals in Fountain Court!

Are you an Oper! subscriber? Our first release of the year - Donizetti's L'esule di Roma - conducted by our AD Carlo Rizzi is their current Disc of the Month 🙏

Head over to their website to be convinced why you should listen to it: ow.ly/ElbW50RuCrZ

Have you ever wondered what’s involved in reviving a forgotten opera? Today we launch #AskOperaRara where we take you behind the scenes with our team of experts.

Find out more here or submit a question via X using #AskOperaRara : opera-rara.com/about-us/ask-o…

We're very happy to welcome Rosa Feola to our artist family! She joins us on 2 November for our third #DonizettiSongProject recital Wigmore Hall alongside our Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi on piano.

General sale has just opened here: ow.ly/TVb550RsgOQ

Good morning opera lovers! Are your ears still ringing with music from Verdi's Simon Boccanegra from earlier this month?

If, like us, you want to relive some of the highlights, head over to our YouTube channel for excerpts from the recording studio: ow.ly/IhNv50RqqJW

Donizetti's Le Duc d'Albe is our #RecordingOfTheMonth and you can now listen to the opera in full via our YouTube channel!

Sir Mark Elder conducts The Hallé with Angela Meade Michael Spyres David Stout Gianluca Buratto and Laurent Naouri

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Bear with us... as we share quotes from three more ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews we received for our revival of the original Simon Boccanegra from this time last week in Manchester with The Hallé and Chorus of Opera North

Thank you to the critics Bachtrack The Culture Times PlaysToSee 🙏

“You become a better human being and a better artist.”

The words of our Artistic Ambassador Ermonela Jaho | Soprano in her interview with Interlude in which she discusses her ongoing collaboration with us now in its 10th year 🙏

Read in full here: ow.ly/6M2p50Rm3BB

Ruggero Leoncavallo was born #OnThisDay in in 1857! His first and most famous opera is of course Pagliacci but he wrote many others including Zazà and Zingari both of which we have recorded.

Both are available to listen to via our YouTube channel 🎧 ow.ly/Cmv250Rm37i

Brilliant review from The Times and The Sunday Times for Sir Mark Elder and The Hallé performing Simon Boccanegra last week 👏

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