Big Give a big success for emerging talent

Starting on Giving Tuesday last week, Opera Rara launched its first Big Give with a goal of £15,000 to support the charity’s work with emerging artists. The Championing Emerging Talent campaign took place over 7 days and featured interviews with artists who have recently made their recording debuts as well as Opera Rara’s Artist Ambassadors, Ermonela Jaho and Michael Spyres, and Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi. These are available to view here.

In total, including Gift Aid and matching gifts, generous supporters from around the world donated over £30,000 to the cause, double the original goal. The donations support the unique recording and performance opportunities that emerging artists take part in. Since 1970, Opera Rara have championed the careers of emerging artists, giving them their studio recording debuts and bringing them to an international stage. As a charity that receives no public funding with an annual fundraising need of roughly £1M, the support of Opera Rara’s generous donors is the foundation of its success.

The company will continue to celebrate the debuts of incredible artists with a focus on recording firsts on its social media channels through the rest of the year. With daily tracks and artist features, followers and subscribers will enjoy hearing recent debut recordings as well as historic firsts from the Opera Rara’s past.

Opera Rara would like to thank the Big Give match funders Terry Sinclair, Peter Rosenthal and The Reed Foundation for their generosity.