Liberata Collective

Liberata Collective is a touring ensemble bringing history to life through opera, with singers Olivia Doutney and Susanna MacRae, harpsichordist Petra Hajduchová, baroque violinist Maxim del Mar and baroque cellist Nathan Giorgetti. History is at the heart of everything we do, and our shows introduce historical performance practices to new audiences in an accessible and visually striking way.

The company is currently touring Antonia: Behind the Myth of Marie Antoinette, a mini-opera/play that interweaves Olivia Doutney’s original script with a programme of music based on extensive historical research and featuring Lully, Gluck, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Piccinni, Sacchini and Dussek. Antonia has appeared at Chiswick House, the Tom Thumb Theatre in Kent, Chalke History Festival and Lichfield Festival, and will continue to tour for the 2026/27 season. New work A Georgian Twelfth Night (a programme of Georgian period festive works) will feature at Chiswick House over the Christmas period.

Liberata Collective’s debut production of Handel’s Orlando performed entirely in Baroque Gesture had a sell-out run at Buxton International Festival, and was also performed at Lichfield Festival, Stour Early Music Festival and Beaumaris Festival.