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Supporting Opera Rara

Opera Rara, the brainchild of Patric Schmid and Don White, has been in the business of bringing back forgotten operatic repertoire of the 19th-century for over 40 years. Operas once threatened with extinction have now been brought vividly back to life through the Opera Rara recordings. 

News, Events, Reviews

  • New Release

    Opera Rara's new release, Bellini's Il pirata, available to purchase now.

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  • Ermoione

    News

    Opera Rara is delighted to announce that the label has been presented with Gramophone Magazine’s coveted Opera Recording of the Year Award for Rossini’s Ermione.

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  • Reviews

    "Thank you for some amazingly inspiring recordings over the years! It is great that you concentrate on the rare repertoire - it is worth so much for us musicians around the world!"


What people say

'OPERA NEEDS OPERA RARA!' Luciano Pavarotti, former patron

Luciano Pavarotti

"Opera Rara really is doing something special... how much the poorer our personal libraries would be without them"

Gramophone Magazine

"I am completely satisfied - impressed, in fact - with the speed and efficiency of your mail-order service."

Hilary Peter Davis - customer

"I highly value the wonderful service Opera Rara provides to the music world"

Renée Fleming, Opera Rara Patron

"I look forward to many more years of Opera Rara's wonderful recordings many thanks for all the pleasure you have given me over the years."

Geoffrey Fawcett

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