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Last week we highlighted Maria Malibran. Today we focus on her sister Pauline Viardot - singer, composer and pedagogue who was born in Paris in 1821. This is Ellie Neate in Viardot's beautiful 'Haï luli' - full concert is available for a few more hours: youtube.com/watch?v=D2KnaI…

That feeling when two of Europe's leading newspapers review your recordings 🙏 Thanks to Le Monde Frankfurter Allgemeine for reviewing Volumes 3 and 4 of our Donizetti Songs with Michael Spyres & Carlo Rizzi and Marie-Nicole Lemieux & Giulio Zappa: ow.ly/erKZ50Wja7n

Revealing our latest Carlo Talks episode but with a special twist! Gramophone's Editor Martin Cullingford takes the driver's seat and quizzes our AD instead - they talk Label of the Year Award and three recordings Carlo considers essential Opera Rara 🎧: youtube.com/watch?v=nYKcVG…

I was invited 'take over' Carlo Rizzi's Carlo Talks podcast this week, to ask Opera Rara's Artistic Director about Gramophone's 2024 Label of the Year – and to name three Opera Rara recordings which mean something particularly special to him. youtube.com/watch?v=nYKcVG…

London based or bound this summer? Our Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi returns to Royal Ballet and Opera to conduct Verdi's Il trovatore! Starting next Tuesday 8 July, there are 8 performances in total throughout this month. Find out more here: rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-ev…

Martin Cullingford Opera Rara Gramophone Opera Rara’s Label of the Year honor is so well-deserved! Their recordings uncover hidden gems—can’t wait to hear their top three picks.

Have you discovered our YouTube channel yet? There's a wealth of content to discover on it including our YouTube Shorts series featuring incredible moments captured in our recording sessions. Like this one featuring Ermonela Jaho | Soprano❣️, recording her debut recital album, Anima Rara

Why did Donizetti move to Paris? Did you know he wrote 55 French songs during his final years? What connects Donizetti's songs & operas? All of the above & lots more covered in Lives in Song Episode 5 🧐 Catch up here before the final episode on 17 July: youtube.com/watch?v=HfGbKC…

Our July Recording of the Month is here! Rossini's Ermione - we think it's one of his greatest but did you know it only received the one &only performance at its premiere in 1819? David Parry conducts London Philharmonic Orchestra with carmengiannattasio in the title role: ow.ly/KfKe50Wmj5x

In just over 2 weeks on 28 July, we'll be celebrating our 55th birthday! To celebrate, we'd love to hear from our friends around 🌎 about what you love the most about what we do. Are you an Italian opera obsessive for example... or do you just love our Offenbach revivals😉 ?

Albums listened to this week: Many songs by #Donizetti, piano music by #Stenhammar, chamber music by #Sorabji, #Abrahamsen, and #Ruders, orchestral or piano and orchestra music by #Brian, #Bax, #Calligaris, and #Jephcott. Opera Rara CapriccioRecords Naxos Records

Donizetti Songs, #2 on Opera Rara: shorturl.at/MYIpS

Opera Rara Opera Rara has introduced me to a wide selections of composers and operas I'd otherwise not know, performed by a cadre of singers (previously unknown to me) who are at the top of their profession. I own 15 complete Opera Rara operas and cherish each one!

No. 8 in Carlo Rizzi's top 10 essential Opera Rara recordings list for Gramophone is... 🥁 Mercadante's Il proscritto for which we won our 4th The Opera Awards: Carlo who discovered the work is 📸 here with Irene Roberts during recording 🎧 ow.ly/twVH50WohaC

Have you voted yet for The Opera Awards? Our AD Carlo Rizzi was nominated last year and of course we'd love to see him nominated again 🙏

Welcome to our July newsletter - the one where we celebrate our 55th birthday and look ahead to the launch of our 55th season starting in September with two Donizetti Song volume releases from Ermonela Jaho | Soprano and Carlo Rizzi (pictured). Read here: ow.ly/O0hY50WpMsl