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Opera Rara: Il campo de’ crociati

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The music

  • Mercadante Il campo de’ crociati

The performers

  • Carlo Rizzi conductor
  • Rosa Feola Lea
  • Iván Ayón-Rivas Carlo
  • Germán Enrique Alcántara Ismaele
  • Giorgi Manoshvili Goffredo di Buglione
  • Chorus of English National Opera

Passion, power, and peril collide in Mercadante’s long-lost opera.

Set against the turmoil of the First Crusade, Lea is caught between two worlds. Driven by passionate love yet bound by forces beyond her control, she must navigate danger and devotion in a war-torn land where violence, the ruthless pursuit of power, and unshakeable righteousness collide on all sides. Rosa Feola stars in Mercadante’s electrifying opera, brought vividly to life through powerful, moving music unheard for more than 150 years.

Please note venue and start time.
Concert duration: 2hrs 30′ including interval.

In association with Opera Rara.

Wed 5 May 2027, 7.00pm

London, Queen Elizabeth Hall

Tickets from £19.50 (including a transaction fee of £3.50)

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Carlo Rizzi conducted, and his ability to generate tension within a single phrase even as he drives the music forward in taut, gleaming paragraphs, made the whole thing gripping.

The Spectator

Featuring

Conductor Carlo Rizzi, a man with short curly dark grey/salt-and-pepper hair and stubble beard, wearing a dark navy shirt, photographed from above looking up at the camera with an intense expression, grey background.
Carlo Rizzi, conductor
Soprano Rosa Feola, a woman with long dark wavy hair, wearing a silver/grey strappy dress with statement earrings, reclining in a chair with a direct, glamorous expression.
Rosa Feola, Lea
Tenor Iván Ayón-Rivas, a man with short dark hair, wearing an elegant navy three-piece suit with bow tie, standing in a formal portrait pose against a dark background.
Iván Ayón-Rivas, Carlo
Baritone Germán Enrique Alcántara, a man with short dark hair and a trimmed moustache and goatee, wearing a turtleneck, looking at the camera, dark background.
Germán Enrique Alcántara, Ismaele
Bass Giorgi Manoshvili, a man with short dark curly hair and full dark beard, wearing a black jacket over an open-collar white shirt, smiling broadly while leaning against a teal/green wall outdoors.
Giorgi Manoshvili, Goffredo di Buglione
Members of the English National Opera Chorus on stage performing.
Chorus of English National Opera

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