One woman pays the highest price in a profoundly human struggle for dignity, agency and compassion. Acclaimed soprano Rosa Feola stars in an opera by Mercadante that hasn’t been heard in over 150 years. The one-night-only performance is presented in partnership with the London Philharmonic Orchestra with the English Nation Opera Chorus conducted by Opera Rara’s Artistic Director Carlo Rizzi.

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Opera Rara’s groundbreaking Donizetti Song’s collection, winner of an Oper! and ICMA Award, includes roughly 200 unknown songs by Donizetti, brought brilliantly back to life in recordings featuring Ermonela Jaho, Michael Spyres, Rosa Feola, Lawrence Brownlee, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, and Nicola Alaimo with Carlo Rizzi and Giulio Zappa.

The first-ever studio recording of Verdi’s original 1857 version of Simon Boccanegra with The Hallé, the Chorus of Opera North and an exciting cast conducted by Sir Mark Elder.

Lives in Song is Opera Rara’s podcast series hosted by music historian Flora Willson looking at the lives of composers and other musicians through their music.