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 Nothing beats Rizzi chatting rare repertoire! Opera Rara always drops something dazzling. Will pop this on for my next kitchen dance—cats and all.

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