OperaRaraOfficial
Rewriting Operatic History:
Lost and Forgotten Operas Restored
**
Opera Rara’s mission is to restore, record, perform and promote the lost operatic heritage of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Opera Rara is a unique combination of opera charity, recording label and live operatic archaeologist. We search for neglected operatic masterpieces and restore them to life for contemporary audiences to enjoy. Working with the best singers, conductors, orchestras and musicologists, we are at the cutting edge of the opera world, leading the expansion of the repertoire and encouraging other opera companies to explore new and unknown rediscoveries.
Opera Rara’s Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi was appointed in 2019. Internationally renowned soprano Renée Fleming, who made her opera recording debut with Opera Rara in 1994 in Donizetti’s Rosmonda d’Inghilterra, is our Honorary Artist Patron. In 2022, we announced Ermonela Jaho and Michael Spyres as Artist Ambassadors.
Sarah Dufresne Interview | 2025 Big Give: Championing Emerging Artists | 2-9 December 2025
Donizetti's Il diluvio universale | "Ma...ca...il...respir...!!! - Ah! Non mai" | Majella Cullagh
Lives in Song: Puccini - The Making Of A Maestro (S2 Ep1 with Ditlev Rindom)
Donizetti's Il fiore “Qui dove mercè negasti all’amor” | Sarah Dufresne soprano & Carlo Rizzi piano
Donizetti's La Bergère du Tyrol “Ô la belle campagne” | Sarah Dufresne, soprano & Carlo Rizzi, piano
The ending of "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" with Ermonela Jaho, the BBC SO and Carlo Rizzi
Meyerbeer's Dinorah | “Ombre legere qui suis mes pas” | Deborah Cook | Philharmonia Orchestra
Lives in Song: Donizetti | Donizetti's song style in the 1830s
Let's get started! Lives in Song Season 2: Puccini with Flora Willson and guests
Germán Enrique Alcántara and Anna Tilbrook | Donizetti's "Mentre del caro lido"
Lives in Song: Donizetti | What did Donizetti do in Paris?
Meyerbeer's Dinorah | “O puissante magie! Ivresse de mes sens!” | Christian du Plessis
Lives in Song: Donizetti | Donizetti in the 1830s
Germán Enrique Alcántara Interview | 2025 Big Give: Championing Emerging Artists | 2-9 December 2025
Donizetti | "Ti sento, sospiri" | Joanna Harries & Anna Tilbrook
Germán Enrique Alcántara and Anna Tilbrook | Juan Pedro Esnaola's "El desamor"
Meyerbeer's Dinorah | “Ce tintement que l’on entend” | Deborah Cook, Christian du Plessis
Lives in Song: Donizetti | Did Donizetti make money from his songs?
Donizetti | "Sull’onda cheta e bruna" | Joanna Harries & Anna Tilbrook
Germán Enrique Alcántara and Anna Tilbrook | Donizetti's "Luna e Stelle della notte"
Meyerbeer's Dinorah | “Sainte Marie!” | Deborah Cook, Alexander Oliver | Philharmonia Orchestra
2025 Big Give - Championing Emerging Artists | 2-9 December 2025
Lives in Song: Donizetti | Why has Italian art song been overlooked in the canon? #AskOperaRara
Donizetti | "Che non mi disse un di!" | Joanna Harries & Anna Tilbrook
Meyerbeer's Dinorah | Deborah Cook, Christian du Plessis, Alexander Oliver | Philharmonia Orchestra
Offenbach's Robinson Crusoe | "There’s no place like England" | John Brecknock, Yvonne Kenny
Lives in Song: Donizetti | Can we hear the recently discovered song? #AskOperaRara
Aigul Akhmetshina, Germán Alcántara & Anna Tilbrook | Carlos Guastavino's "Pueblito, mi pueblo"
Carolina Uccelli | "Frena le belle lacrime" | Joanna Harries & Anna Tilbrook
Germán Enrique Alcántara and Anna Tilbrook | Carlos López Buchardo "Canción de Ausencia"