Lives in Song: Puccini – EPISODE 2 – “Le Willis”
"Le Willis" "Theatre packed, immense success; anticipations exceeded; eighteen calls; finale of first act encored three times"- Telegram received by Albina Magi (Puccini’s mother) after the premiere of Le Willis […]
Julieth Lozano Rolong and Anna Tilbrook Salon Concert
Join Opera Rara at Bechstein Hall for the second Salon Series recital of its 55th season on Thursday 26 February 2026. We welcome back pianist Anna Tilbrook, who will accompany Colombian soprano Julieth Lozano […]
Lives in Song: Puccini – EPISODE 3 – “Conducting Puccini with Carlo Rizzi”
"Conducting Puccini with Carlo Rizzi" In this episode, Flora welcomes Maestro Carlo Rizzi—Artistic Director of Opera Rara and a leading Puccini interpreter today—into the Creative Kin studio for a wide-ranging […]
Lives in Song: Puccini – EPISODE 4 – “Puccini’s Leading Ladies with Ermonela Jaho”
"Puccini's Leading Ladies with Ermonela Jaho" In a Lives in Song first, Flora welcomes to the studio internationally acclaimed soprano and Opera Rara’s Artist Ambassador Ermonela Jaho—renowned for her deeply emotive Puccini […]
Soraya Mafi, Robert Lewis and Anna Tilbrook Salon Concert
Opera Rara’s final Salon Series recital of its 55th season sees British tenor Robert Lewis join forces with British-Iranian soprano Soraya Mafi at London’s Bechstein Hall on 23 April 2026. […]
Lives in Song: Puccini – EPISODE 5 – “Puccini’s Later Years”
"Puccini's Later Years" In the later years of his life, Giacomo Puccini produced fewer works, but those he did complete—the lyrical La rondine, the remarkable miniatures of Il trittico and the grand, unfinished Turandot—reveal […]
Lives in Song: Puccini – EPISODE 6 – “La rondine – the final 1921 version”
"La rondine - the final 1921 version" Puccini’s later years were punctuated by illnesses – his chain smoking would eventually lead to throat cancer – and the deaths of Giulio Ricordi, […]