While Hera Hyesang Park has won rave reviews for her fine singing and stagecraft, there is much more to her artistry. The South Korean soprano’s cosmopolitan mindset and determination to challenge racism, discrimination and stereotypes of all kinds are also essential elements in her approach to making music. Hera Hyesang Park’s rising-star status is supported by a series of critically acclaimed performances everywhere from the Met Opera to the Glyndebourne Festival. The free-spirited soprano signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon in May 2020. Recorded with the Wiener Symphoniker and Bertrand de Billy, Park’s DG debut album is built from songs and arias dear to her heart. I am Hera, which was released digitally in November 2020 and had its physical release in January 2021, includes music by Bellini, Gluck, Handel, Mozart, Pergolesi, Puccini and Rossini. It also embraces works by Korean composers Joowon Kim and Un-Yung La, including the latter’s uplifting setting of Psalm 23. In February 2024, soprano Hera Hyesang Park unveils Breathe, her second album for DG. Breathe explores the bravery we require to emerge from life’s most difficult circumstances – as expressed through operatic classics by Rossini, Verdi, Massenet and others, alongside contemporary works by Luke Howard, Cecilia Livingston, Hyowon Woo and Bernat Vivancos. It was recorded with the Orchestra and Coro del Teatro Carlo Felice led by Jochen Rieder, and select tracks feature Emily D’Angelo.