Opera Rara celebrates 54 years!
Sunday 28 July is Opera Rara’s 54th birthday, and we invite audiences worldwide to celebrate with us! Across our channels, we’re marking this milestone by releasing special content, and we have set a goal of adding 54 new supporters to our ranks in the following weeks and months. Donations can be made here.
Subscribers and followers can enjoy birthday wishes from our 2020 50th anniversary celebrations featuring Opera Rara family of artists, and on Sunday 28 July at 4PM (London), we invite international opera-lovers to join us on our YouTube channel for the premiere of Katia Ledoux and Anna Tilbrook’s salon concert, which rounded out our 2023/24 Season. The concert will be available to view for 30 days.
Opera Rara fans are able to help us reach our goal of 54 donors for 54 years by becoming a Friend or Patron, joining us on our journey of operatic discovery. Opera Rara’s work is only made possible by the generosity of our passionate supporters, and this year we need to raise nearly £1M.
Even just £5 per month could ensure that Opera Rara can continue all the inspiring performances, enlightening discoveries and award-winning recordings we experienced in our 53rd season. From the launch of the Donizetti Song Project, Opera Rara’s most ambitious project to date, to the recording and 5-star performance of the 1857 version of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra and our first Salon Series with exciting emerging artists, there were many opportunities to experience rare and forgotten music restored.
The last season was also filled with many accolades. Opera Rara’s recording of Mercadante’s Il proscritto won an International Opera Award for Best Complete Opera Recording, and our recording of Offenbach’s La Princesse de Trébizonde won Best Opera Recording of the Year at both the OPUS KLASSIK Awards and the OPER! Awards. Our Artist Ambassadors Ermonela Jaho and Michael Spyres were also recognised at the OPER! Awards as Singers of the Year. None of this could have been possible without the generosity of our family of supporters, and our new season is just as ambitious.
SUPPORT OPERA RARA’S 54th SEASON
In Opera Rara’s 54th season, there are many more exciting discoveries to be made and ground-breaking recordings to come. We continue our work with the multi-year Donizetti Song Project, which will see many more recitals at both Wigmore and Cadogan Halls and the release of four recordings containing nearly 100 songs in total. The popular Salon Series returns with four more emerging artists in concert in London and streamed online, bringing new voices to audiences in London and to the world. And, we will release the first-ever studio recording of the 1857 version of Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra.
By donating today and becoming an Opera Rara Friend or Patron, you can unlock new ways to connect with our work as we unearth more operatic gems and champion incredible vocal talent.