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Rewriting Operatic History: Lost and Forgotten Operas Restored
Artist family: Carlo Rizzi, Ermonela Jaho & Michael Spyres
Next up - Donizetti Songs at Wigmore Hall 16.6.26 with Carlo Rizzi & Nicola Alaimo
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Last November, we released two additional Donizetti song tracks with Canadian soprano Sarah Dufresne - one in French and one in Italian - with Carlo Rizzi.
You can listen to both on your favourite streaming platform or via our YouTube channel 🎶
This is an extract from 'La Bergère du Tyrol “Ô la belle campagne”' - never recorded before and only recently identfied as part of Donizetti's canon in 2022 by musicologist Ruben Vernazza.
26/05/2026
Get your diaries out! This summer, we'll be streaming 10 of our concerts for free on our YouTube channel. Starting Friday 26 June with Nicola Alaimo, Carlo Rizzi and Hetty Snell recorded on 16 June at Wigmore Hall.
Friday 26 June: Nicola Alaimo, Carlo Rizzi and Hetty Snell at Wigmore Hall
Friday 3 July: Katia Ledoux and at Temple Music Foundation
Friday 17 July: Germán Enrique Alcántara and Anna Tilbrook at Temple Music Foundation
Friday 10 July: Joanna Harries - mezzo-soprano and Anna Tilbrook at Mansfield Street
Friday 24 July: Ermonela Jaho, Carlo Rizzi and Marco Rizzi at Wigmore Hall
Friday 31 July: Lluís Calvet i Pey - Baríton and James Southall at The Lansdowne Club, Mayfair
Friday 7 August: Rosa Feola, Carlo Rizzi and Sally Pryce at Wigmore Hall
Friday 14 August: Soraya Mafi, Robert Lewis - Tenor and Anna Tilbrook at Bechstein Hall
Friday 21 August: Julieth Lozano - Soprano and Anna Tilbrook at Bechstein Hall
Friday 28 August: Michael Spyres - BariTenor, Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Giulio Zappa at Cadogan Hall
Further details including programmes and times can be found here: https://ow.ly/rn0T50YBFw6
25/05/2026
'What makes this set superior is David Parry’s sensational conducting' - San Francisco Examiner
David Parry conducts London Philharmonic Orchestra starring Majella Cullagh, Jennifer Larmore, Barry Banks, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Gabriella Colecchia, Simon Bailey, Ryland Davies and Dominic Natoli.
Enjoy our May Recording of the Month now in full, remastered as part of our 'Rossini in 1819' Opera Rara Classics boxset 🎶 https://ow.ly/cs7I50Yy3wT
A song can be no less difficult than an aria from an opera - and our second pre-release track from Donizetti Songs Volume 8 is a case in point. Look at the concentration on the artists' faces❗
'Le Départ pour le chasse' (1841) with Nicola Alaimo, Carlo Rizzi and Nicholas Korth is now available on all streaming platforms ahead of our 5 June official release date 🎧
Donizetti meets Weber's Die Freischütz (1821) with this unusual combination of voice, piano and French horn conjuring the world of the hunt 🎶
19/05/2026
Welcome to our May newsletter 🗞️
In which we invite you to join us to celebrate the finale of our Donizetti Song Project - and our 55th season - on 4 June, online and on 16 June at Wigmore Hall 🎶
On 4 June, we launch the final Volume of our Donizetti Songs recording cycle on YouTube ➡️
On 16 June, we present our final 'Donizetti & Friends' recital and final public performance of the season ➡️
Details of our 56th season are available too ❗
Pictured 📸 Nicola Alaimo, Carlo Rizzi and Nicholas Korth in the recording studio
18/05/2026
In one month's time, we present our final public performance of our 55th season. It'll also be our final 'Donizetti & Friends' recital at Wigmore Hall which first launched in 2023❗We'll be celebrating the culmination of our Donizetti Songs recording cycle 💿
With Nicola Alaimo, Carlo Rizzi on piano and Hetty Snell on cello - songs by Donizetti, Rossini, Mercadante and Bellini 🎶
Carlo and Nicola will also be signing CDs (Donizetti Songs Volumes 2 and 8) 👀
Will you be joining us on 16 June? https://ow.ly/nqzH50YxKCW
15/05/2026
Happy Friday!
We'd like to remind the world 🌍 today of our art songs playlist in which you can explore not only songs from our Donizetti Song Project but other hand-picked tracks from our back catalogue of Il Salotto albums 🎶
🎧 https://ow.ly/jANT50YvqmS
11/05/2026
Looking for a new soundtrack for the week? How about a selection of French, English, Italian and German songs and duets sung by rising stars Soraya Mafi and Robert Lewis - Tenor now available on our YouTube for one month?
Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Bizet, Liszt, Donizetti, Quilter, Sullivan and Bishop with an interval talk from our Repertoire Consultant Roger Parker who worked with Soraya and Robert on curating their programme.
Recorded last month Bechstein Hall with 🎶
The gift of 🎶 this Friday from us to you - Volume 8 of our Donizetti Song Project is now available to pre-order featuring Nicola Alaimo and our Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi
Our first pre-release track 'Addio Brunetta' is also available now on streaming platforms 🎧 to enjoy:
"Written in Donizetti’s final years, this song revisits material from much earlier in his career (“Mentre dal caro lido”, published in Vol. 2 of our collection), offering a revealing glimpse of the composer’s artistic evolution. While the melodic idea mirrors the closing section of the earlier version, it is enriched with vivid chromatic colour. Subtle harmonic inflections lend the music an exotic, expressive atmosphere."
Get ready to complete your collection OR pre-order all albums in one go as part of our Donizetti Song Project bundle 🎶💿🎶💿
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| Monday | 9:30am - 5:30pm |
| Tuesday | 9:30am - 5:30pm |
| Wednesday | 9:30am - 5:30pm |
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