Thank you to everyone who has supported our Big Give campaign so far! Our final artist interview is with Germán Alcántara, our Simon Boccanegra in the 1857 version of Verdi's opera which we'll release next spring on 💿 Listen to Germán's thoughts here: youtube.com/watch?v=dspbKN…

Curious about the prayer scene described by Germán Alcántara? Well you can watch it right here and make a mental note (!) of our spring release next year of the original 1857 version of Verdi's opera starring Germán in the title role. 🎶 youtube.com/watch?v=kS922C…

Our second reveal this weekend is the next pre-release track from our upcoming 💿 of the original 1857 version of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra. Feat. Ivàn Ayòn-Rivas Germán Alcántara & Eri Nakamura. More via our website incl. info on 20 March digital launch 🎶 youtube.com/watch?v=MyoQKH…

'You need to understand this opera to understand something essential about Verdi' Will we see you tonight at our Simon Boccanegra launch presented with Gramophone? It's a 7pm GMT start followed immediately after by the opera's YouTube premiere: ow.ly/TYVG50Vljwu

'At the heart of it all is the baritone Germán Alcántara... It sounds like Boccanegra has been in his repertoire for years: no nuance is lost on him' - Presto Music The original 1857 version of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra is out now with The Hallé & Sir Mark Elder 🎉

Are you a Gramophone subscriber? The April issue contains a lengthy (thank you!) feature on us incl. our important work with young singers. Mark Pullinger spoke with Germán Alcántara Ivàn Ayòn-Rivas, two of the stars from our latest Simon Boccanegra 💿 ➡️ ow.ly/NmHM50Vo5I3

Our work with emerging artists continues during our 55th season and we're happy to announce 3 Salon Series recitals feat. 3 Opera Rara debuts: Julieth Lozano, Soraya Mafi & Robert Lewis. We start the series in October with our very own Simon Boccanegra: Germán Alcántara! #OR55

'Artists aren’t more special than other people: we’re just human beings who happen to open our mouths and sing sometimes. My grandfather instilled that into me from a young age' Germán Alcántara spoke with Presto Music about becoming Simon Boccanegra: ow.ly/xBGQ50VP9Ir

If you're a Gramophone subscriber, you'll have spotted that our Simon Boccanegra 💿 has made it to the finals of this year's Awards 🎉 Our Simon Germán Alcántara is 📸 here during the recording sessions. Catch him in Madrid next month making his Spanish debut Teatro Real ✈️

Muchos aplausos para la versión en concierto de "I Puritani" de Bellini, recién en el Teatro Colón, con dirección de Maurizio Benini y protagonismo de Jessica Pratt Francesco Demuro, Germán Alcántara y Riccardo Fassi #operas2025 #TeatroColon2025

GERMÁN ALCÁNTARA EN I PURITANI Hasta el 21/9 continúal la última ópera compuesta por Vincenzo Bellini, en versión de concierto bajo la dirección musical de Maurizio Benini. Germán Alcántara , quien interpreta a Sir Riccardo Forth en I puritani, nos cuenta más sobre su rol.

What's the connection between Donizetti's 'Odi d’un uom che muore' and Carlos López Buchardo’s 'Les roses Nöel'? If you join us next Friday 10 October for the launch of our new season with Germán Alcántara Anna Tilbrook at Temple Music you'll find out! Thank you to Germán 🙏

Exciting news from Opera Rara today - we have entered the GRAMMYs for the first time and two albums are currently up for GRAMMYS consideration 1. The original 1857 version of Verdi's Simon Boccanegra with The Hallé, Sir Mark Elder and Germán Alcántara in the title role.

CHAMBERT CONCERT: GERMÁN ENRIQUE ALCÁNTARA AND ANNA TILBROOK Instituto Cervantes London is collaborating in the promotion of the new season of Opera Rara , which opens its 55th season with a salon concert on 10 October. Argentinian baritone Germán Alcántara and pianist Anna Tilbrook ,

Welcome back Germán Alcántara! We're so happy to be reunited with you for the launch of our 55th season. If you can't make tonight's recital Temple Music, we hope to see you online on 26 October when we'll stream it on YouTube 💡 📽️ 2024 Verdi Simon Boccanegra recording 📽️

About Friday night: thank you to everyone who joined us Temple Music for the launch of our 55th season with Germán Alcántara Anna Tilbrook... and Aigul Akhmetshina, our special surprise guest who joined Germán at the end of the evening to sing duets together 🎶

Thank you Germán Alcántara for sharing this wonderful encore performed with Aigul Akhmetshina Anna Tilbrook last Friday - Carlos Guastavino's 'Pueblito mi pueblo'. In Germán's words, 'This song is not just about a place... but about a moment when we were happy without even knowing it'

Last Friday Germán Alcántara kicked off our 55th season with a recital of rare Italian and Argentinean songs. Next Sunday 26 October from 5pm CET, we'll be streaming his full recital on our YouTube channel. Here's a taster to whet your appetite: ow.ly/p0Fn50XcM1K

📢 A message to our Spanish-speaking friends and followers around the world 🗺️ from Germán Alcántara. We hope to see many of you online this Sunday 26 October for the stream of Germán's recital recorded earlier this month Temple Music 👋🎶 🔗 ow.ly/xbpq50XgPAU

Carlos López Buchardo (1881–1948) was one of the founding figures of Argentinian classical music. This autumnal lament - 'Canción de Ausencia' (Song of Absence) - sung by Germán Alcántara with Anna Tilbrook is one of Buchardo's most famous art songs: ow.ly/HT5750XnJLL