British soprano @ellieneatesoprano made her Opera Rara debut last season as part of our Salon Series for emerging artists. Just this week, she finished her first ever recording as Lisette in our revival of the final, 1921 version of Puccini’s La rondine.
In her 2025 @biggiveorg Championing Emerging Artists video interview with us, Ellie reflects on what she’s learnt during the recording process, being inspired working opposite singers such as Ermonela Jaho and how she wants to channel all these experiences in her future roles.
Watch the full interview and help us reach our fundraising goal via the link in our biog 🔗 and story today 🔗
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Introducing today the final three members of our La rondine cast, all of whom we’ve worked with before and so happy to have with us in London again:
🎶 British soprano @ellieneatesoprano as Lisette
🎵 Peruvian tenor @ivan.ayonrivas as Ruggero
🎼 Italian baritone @nicola.alaimo as Rambaldo
Ellie featured in our Salon Series recital for emerging artists last season. Iván made his recording debut with us in Mercadante’s Il proscritto and can be heard as Gabriele Adorno in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra (1857 version).
We first worked with Nicola back in 2012 for our revival of Donizetti’s Belisario. He can also be heard as Murena in Donizetti’s L’esule di Roma and of course on Volume 2 of our Donizetti Songs recording cycle.
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DON GIOVANNI 2025 @daponteoperafestival
Bidding farewell to my second Zerlina of this summer, good job I think she’s a babe 👰🏻♀️🌾🔪
Beautiful few weeks in Italy with this phenomenal cast and a special shout-out to @conallwoneill for being both Masetto and housemate extraordinaire.
Next up I’ll be prepping my recording debut as Lisette in La Rondine with @opera.rara 🤪
Saying goodbye to Don Giovanni at Waterperry Opera Festival and feeling lucky to have worked with such talented artists - plus we had a lot of fun. On to the next, more Zerlina-ing at Teatro Da Ponte.
About last night - a Puccini themed evening for our Patrons and Circle Members with our Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi, sopranos @ellieneatesoprano and @jessica_robinson_soprano and musicologist Ditlev Rindom
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Both Ellie and Jessica performed as part of our Salon Series for emerging artists this season and we look forward to welcoming them back again in December when they join us for our revival of the final 1921 version of La rondine 🪶
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Last week we highlighted Maria Malibran. Today we focus on her sister Pauline Viardot - singer, composer and pedagogue who was born in Paris in 1821 and died in 1910 aged 88!
This is soprano Ellie Neate and pianist Florent Mourier in Viardot’s beautiful ‘Haï luli’.
Their full concert as part of our Salon Series for emerging artists is available for a few more hours on our YouTube channel - it includes another composition by Viardot too 🔗 in biog
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‘Maria Malibran was a true trailblazer - queen of the opera world, thrilling audiences across Europe and the United States with her spellblinding performances, an artist who composer her own music, championed social causes, and defied conventions.’ Her younger sister by 13 years was Pauline Viardot who is perhaps better known today.
This is an excerpt from her Rataplan sung by @ellieneatesoprano as part of her Salon Series recital for us with @florent.mourier.piano 🎶
You can enjoy their full recital online for a few more days on our YouTube channel
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Marietta Brambilla was an Italian contralto (1807-1875) who is best known for having created the roles of Maffio Orsini in Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia and Pierotto in his Linda Chamounix. In 1827, she made her London debut as Arsace in Rossini’s Semiramide.
What perhaps not many people know is that Marietta also wrote music including this L’allegro performed here by @ellieneatesoprano and @florent.mourier.piano
Recorded in March this year at the @worldheartbeat Embassy Gardens, you can watch the full song AND their whole concert via our YouTube channel
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Tomorrow @florent.mourier.piano and I will be performing songs and arias by Donizetti, Brambilla, Liszt, Malibran, Pacini and Viardot with the @opera.rara salon recital series. We’re so excited to share these gems at the World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens at 7:30 pm, and we’d love to see you there!
Event link is: /event/ellie-neate-and-florent-mourier-salon-concert
Wishing everyone a happy Sunday! Today we introduce a new member of the Opera Rara family: soprano @ellieneatesoprano
Ellie will make her recording debut with us soon... ! And makes her Opera Rara debut next year on 25 March when she joins us for our Salon Series @worldheartbeat
A graduate of the @guildhallschool , did you know that you can hear Ellie’s beautiful voice on the soundtrack of the recent Disney+ series Rivals starring David Tennant?
Watch Ellie’s full interview via our YouTube channel today 🎶
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