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Rewriting Operatic History: Lost and Forgotten Operas Restored
Artist family: Carlo Rizzi, Ermonela Jaho & Michael Spyres
Next up - Barkouf at The Bridgewater Hall with The Hallé & ENO
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🐶 It’s Barkouf day!We’ve had a fabulous time bringing Offenbach’s wonderfully anarchic Barkouf back to life — from the r...
04/10/2026

🐶 It’s Barkouf day!

We’ve had a fabulous time bringing Offenbach’s wonderfully anarchic Barkouf back to life — from the recording studio to the stage. Anne-Catherine Gillet

This rare, never-before-recorded opera has been quite an adventure, and we’re so excited to finally share it with our audience in Manchester, today at 4pm at The Bridgewater Hall, with a pre-concert talk with Dr Flora Willson & conductor Paul Daniel.

Swipe through for a look back at some of the recording sessions with this brilliant cast and ensemble. 🎶 The Hallé orchestra, chorus of the E_N_O & singers from RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music

We can’t wait to hear Barkouf come to life this afternoon!

🎟️ Tickets: https://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whats-on/halle-opera-barkouf-041026/

03/10/2026

🎶 Another clip of Barkouf before tomorrow’s UK premiere The Bridgewater Hall

Hear Anne-Catherine Gillet as Maïma, Valerie Eickhoff as Balkis and Loïc Félix as Bababeck in the riotous Act 2 Finale, joined by the English National Opera Chorus and The Hallé Orchestra, conducted by Paul Daniel.

Corruption, flattery, political chaos… and a dog at the centre of it all. 🐶

Experience Offenbach’s wildly satirical Barkouf tomorrow at 4pm at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

🎟️ Tickets: https://www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk/whats-on/halle-opera-barkouf-041026/

Support Opera Rara’s work restoring rare and forgotten operas: https://opera-rara.com/support

03/10/2026

If this epic Puccini quartet has got you excited for the release of our upcoming release of La rondine (Final 1921 version)… 🎶

Our UK based listeners can tune in tonight to hear the full recording on BBC Radio 3 Opera on 3, today, 3 October, at 6pm.

Featuring Ermonela Jaho as Magda, Iván Ayón-Rivas as Ruggero, Nicola Alaimo as Rambaldo, Ellie Neate as Lisette and Juan Francisco Gatell as Prunier, with the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Mattia Olivieri performs extracts from the 1919 version.

👉 https://ow.ly/C2Q750ZTXXI

& preorder the album: https://shop.opera-rara.com/shopcatalogue/puccini-la-rondine-final-1921-version

📺 Available on our Youtube channel now: the Season 2 finale of Lives in Song: Puccini.https://ow.ly/iVyZ50ZTszHIn this e...
02/10/2026

📺 Available on our Youtube channel now: the Season 2 finale of Lives in Song: Puccini.

https://ow.ly/iVyZ50ZTszH

In this episode, host Flora Willson is joined by Puccini specialist and opera historian Dr Ditlev Rindom to explore the painstaking process behind reconstructing the composer’s final 1921 version of La rondine.

From its beginnings as a Viennese operetta commission to its darker, more poignant final form, discover why Puccini repeatedly revised the opera — including its devastating new ending.

🎧 Plus, hear exclusive previews from Opera Rara’s brand-new studio recording of the 1921 score, featuring Ermonela Jaho, Juan Francisco Gatell and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Rizzi.

💜 Support great opera discoveries and restorations by donating to Opera Rara: https://ow.ly/JESR50ZTszJ
🎬 Watch the full Lives in Song: Puccini season: https://ow.ly/QOPe50ZTszI

🕊️ “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta” with the incredible Ermonela Jaho as Magda & BBC Symphony Orchestra is out today and av...
02/10/2026

🕊️ “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta” with the incredible Ermonela Jaho as Magda & BBC Symphony Orchestra is out today and available for streaming now! AND the full recording by Opera Rara is available to PRE-ORDER now!

🎧 Stream Now: https://open.spotify.com/track/2GORiPX1KopdZfwTE1cO4z?si=d40ca763303144b6

🎧 Pre-order the Recording Now: https://shop.opera-rara.com/shopcatalogue/puccini-la-rondine-final-1921-version

Listen first this Saturday on BBC Radio 3’s Opera on 3, presented by Flora Willson, with guest Ditlev Rindom.

📻 Saturday 3 October | 18:00�Opera on 3 — BBC Radio 3

🎧 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00320y9

The programme features Opera Rara and the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s studio recording of Puccini’s final 1921 version of La rondine, available to stream for 30 days afterwards via BBC Sounds.

Inside the recording studio of Barkouf before Sunday's performance! 🎶 The Bridgewater HallTickets: https://ow.ly/eYHb50Z...
01/10/2026

Inside the recording studio of Barkouf before Sunday's performance! 🎶 The Bridgewater Hall

Tickets: https://ow.ly/eYHb50ZSZcl

Paul Daniel conducts the Hallé Orchestra, ENO Chorus and the cast of Barkouf as we bring Offenbach’s riotous comic opera to life.

See it live this Sunday at The Bridgewater Hall.

The Hallé RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music Katia Ledoux Anne-Catherine Gillet English National Opera

🎟️ Tickets via link in bio.

01/10/2026

🎶 Hear Thibault de Damas - Baryton Basse as the Grand Mogol in Barkouf ahead of this Sunday's performance!

This first official glimpse from the recording studio captures Offenbach’s “Chœur et couplets du Grand Mogol”, with the English National Opera Chorus and The Hallé Orchestra conducted by Paul Daniel.

A taste of the dazzling melodies, absurd comedy and biting satire of Barkouf - coming to life this Sunday at 4pm at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

🐶 Don’t miss Offenbach’s riotous comedy.

🎟️ Tickets: https://ow.ly/hbcX50ZTk3A

30/09/2026

Come join us Sunday! 🐶🎶 The Bridgewater Hall

Hear from Paul Daniel and the stars of Opera Rara’s latest recording Barkouf as they invite you to join us for Offenbach’s riotous comic opera — live this Sunday at The Bridgewater Hall.

One afternoon. One extraordinary opera. And, of course, one very special dog.
The Hallé RNCM - Royal Northern College of Music English National Opera

📍 The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
�🗓️ Sunday 4 October, 4pm
�🎟️ Tickets: https://ow.ly/VrwU50ZSZ2f

🕊️ One month to go until La rondine!Behind the scenes in the recording studio with Carlo Rizzi, the BBC Symphony Orchest...
30/09/2026

🕊️ One month to go until La rondine!

Behind the scenes in the recording studio with Carlo Rizzi, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and our wonderful cast. Ermonela Jaho Carlo Rizzi

Puccini’s bittersweet romance arrives 30 October.

🎧 Pre-save now: https://ow.ly/we2q50ZSS8S

And… something special is coming this Friday. 👀

29/09/2026

When Barkouf met the cast of Barkouf… 🐶🎭

One very special guest dropped in to meet the stars of Offenbach’s comic opera - and even got a music lesson from Conductor Paul Daniel!

Barkouf receives its UK premiere at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, on 4 October @ 4.00pm

Manchester & Cheshire Dogs' Home The Bridgewater Hall The Hallé English National Opera Anne-Catherine Gillet

🎟️ Tickets: https://ow.ly/1un950ZSsIU

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