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ManchesterOffenbach's BarkoufConcert performance
Offenbach: Barkouf ou un chien au pouvoir
Paul Daniel; Opera Rara; The Hallé; English National Opera Chorus; Yann Beuron; Anne-Catherine Gillet
LondonOpera Rara: Il campo de’ Crociati
Mercadante: Il campo de’ Crociati
Carlo Rizzi; Opera Rara; London Philharmonic Orchestra; English National Opera Chorus; Giorgi Manoshvili; Rosa Feola
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Ermonela Jaho gives a tragic twist to Puccini's La rondine
A new edition of Puccini's score springs to life in a meticulously prepared Opera Rara concert performance at the Barbican.
Donizetti's L’esule di Roma: a Roman triumph for Opera Rara
This is the 27th Donizetti opera given the Opera Rara treatment and their ability to spot a hidden gem remains as adroit as ever.
Where Bellini started: Opera Rara's Adelson e Salvini
A youthful Bellini opera able to stand on its own two feet? Perhaps not, as Adelson e Salvini gets the Opera Rara treatment.
Opera Rara: Fantasio
Offenbach’s wrongfully neglected masterpiece has returned to us at last, thanks to the concerted efforts of Opera Rara, the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment and Sir Mark Elder; and, above all, because of the tireless, lifelong devotion of one man: Jean-Christophe Keck.
Donizetti's Belisario at the Barbican
The second collaboration between Opera Rara and the BBC Symphony Orchestra brought a starry cast to the Barbican Centre on Sunday evening for a revival of Donizetti’s tragic opera Belisario. Written in 1836, immediately after the triumph of Lucia di Lammermoor, it was an instant success following its première at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and remained in the repertoire for several decades.