Mercadante - Virginia - Patterson, AnonucciVirginia - Susan Patterson, Virginio - Stefano Anonucci, Appio - Paul Charles Clarke, Icilio - Charles Castronovo, Marco - Andrew Foster-Williams, Tullia - Katherine Manley, Valerio - Mark Le Brocq
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Maurizio Benini - Conductor
Virginia is set in ancient Rome and is half-history, half-legend. The heroine, daughter of the soldier Virginio, is assailed by the corrupt and powerful Appio as part of an ongoing conflict between patricians and plebeians that ends with Virginia’s father stabbing his daughter rather than relinquish her to their oppressor. --Opera Rara
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