Broadcast: Salon Concert: Germán Enrique Alcántara & Anna Tilbrook

Concert Programme

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Opera Rara launched its 55th Season with a Salon Concert on Friday 10 October 2025 with Argentinean baritone Germán Enrique Alcántara and pianist Anna Tilbrook in partnership with Temple Music Foundation. Enjoy an concert of little-known songs by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) side by side with those of Argentinean composers Juan Pedro Esnaola (1808-1878), Julián Aguirre (1868-1924), Carlos López Buchardo (1881-1948), Celia Torrá (1889-1962), Alberto Williams (1862-1952) and Ana Carrique (1886-1978).

A graduate of the Royal Ballet and Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artist Programme, Alcántara made his Opera Rara debut as Simon Boccanegra in the charity’s revival of the original 1857 version of Verdi’s opera with The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder. Many of the rare Argentinian songs he has chosen for this salon concert will have had their UK premiere in this concert.

This concert was recorded in the splendid Middle Temple Hall, where Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night was first performed.

Germán Alcántara, baritone
Anna Tilbrook, piano
Roger Parker, curator
Aigul Akhmetshina, mezzo-soprano and special guest

This concert and broadcast is generously made possible in part by support from the Backstage Trust.

PROGRAMME:

The digital programme can be accessed here:
DIIGITAL PROGRAMME

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Odi d’un uom che muore

Juan Pedro Esnaola (1808-1878)
El desamor
*UK premiere

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Mentre del caro lido

Julián Aguirre (1868-1924)
Caminito

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Un baiser pour espoir

Carlos López Buchardo (1881-1948)
Les roses de Nöel
*UK premiere
Canción de Ausencia
*UK premiere

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Ov’è la voce magica

Celia Torrá (1889-1962)
Milonga del destino
*UK premiere

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Si tu m’as fait à ton image

Carlos López Buchardo (1881-1948)
Lassitude
*UK premiere

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Il pescatore “Batte il bronzo, il ciel s’imbruna”

Alberto Williams (1862-1952)
Milonga calabacera

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Il crociato “Colle piume sul cimiero”

Julián Aguirre (1868-1924)
La lune
*UK premiere

Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Luna e Stelle della notte

Ana Carrique (1886-1979)
A patay huele la luna