The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine

The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine (2009)

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  • Genre: Music
  • Release Date: 2009-01-10
  • User Rating: 8/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 54min
  • Language: Italiano
  • Production Company: EMI
  • Director: Brian Large
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Summary

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.

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  • Angela Gheorghiu

    as Magda
  • Roberto Alagna

    as Ruggero
  • Samuel Ramey

    as Rambaldo
  • Lisette Oropesa

    as Lisette
  • Marius Brenciu

    as Prunier
  • Monica Yunus

    as Yvette
  • Marco Armiliato

    as Self - Conductor
  • Alyson Cambridge

    as Bianca
  • Marty Singleton

    as Adolf
  • Anne Nonnemacher

    as Georgette
  • Belinda Oswald

    as Gabriele
  • Mary Hughes

    as Lolette
  • Jason Hendrix

    as Rabonnier
  • Elizabeth DeShong

    as Suzy
  • Tony Stevenson

    as Gobin
  • Ashley Emerson

    as A singer
  • Roger Andrews

    as A butler
Directing Brian Large Director
Writing Giuseppe Adami Writer
Sound James Levine Music Director
Sound Giacomo Puccini Original Music Composer
Lighting Duane Schuler Lighting Design
Production Peter Gelb General Manager
Sound Marco Armiliato Conductor
Art Ezio Frigerio Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up Franca Squarciapino Costume Designer
Art Nicholas Joël Production Design