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The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine

01/10/2009

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1hr 54min

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Absolutely Delightful Performance

STORY

This elegant romance is the least-known work of the mature Giacomo Puccini . The story concerns a kept woman who defies convention to chase a dream of romantic love with an earnest, if naïve, young man. This Met Opera production features the dynamic soprano Angela Gheorghiu and Frenchborn tenor Roberto Alagna performing the roles of Magda and Ruggero, it blooms into its rightful place in the glorious Puccini canon. La Rondine (The Swallow) was commissioned by Vienna s Carltheater in 1913. Due to the impending outbreak of World War I, premiered in 1917, at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo with Gilda Dalla Rizza and Tito Schipa. Set in a Parisian salon, it is the story of Magda, the glamorous mistress of wealthy banker Rambaldo. Her yearning for romantic love compels her into the arms of the ardent and adoring young Ruggero.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Angela Gheorghiu
  • Roberto Alagna
  • Samuel Ramey
  • Lisette Oropesa
  • Marius Brenciu

    Directors

  • Brian Large
  • Nicholas Joël

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • EMI

    Production Countries

  • Italy

LANGUAGES

  • Italian

Cast

Angela Gheorghiu

Magda

Roberto Alagna

Ruggero

Samuel Ramey

Rambaldo

Lisette Oropesa

Lisette

Marius Brenciu

Prunier

Monica Yunus

Yvette

Alyson Cambridge

Bianca

Marty Singleton

Adolf

Anne Nonnemacher

Georgette

Belinda Oswald

Gabriele

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