The UK’s Opera Rara has opened online bidding for items in their unique collection of opera memorabilia.

A collection of 16 rare vinyl LPs starring Joan Sutherland – and signed by the Dame herself – is just one of the treasures going under the hammer in Opera Rara’s auction of opera memorabilia.

Online bidding has opened for the Sutherland collection – which includes complete recordings of La Stupenda’s performances in Rigoletto, La Traviata, Siegfried and more – as part of the boutique British opera recording company’s Opera Rara Appeal. Posters signed by Sutherland are also available.

^{Lot 4: Joan Sutherland LPs – Signed}

These rarities are just some of the items under auction, part of a collection assembled over the years by Patric Schmid and Don White, who founded Opera Rara to bring back and record forgotten opera repertoire – particularly the Italian bel canto. In total 26 lots will be auctioned online, with six more to be made available on February 7 at a gala dinner at London’s Caledonian Club marking the final night of the auction.

^{Lot 3: Opera poster from 1910...}