A concert performance of La rondine, Puccini’s story of love thwarted by society’s conventions, an opera glowing with melody and orchestral colour.
Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
Carolina López Moreno Magda
Serena Gamberoni Lisette
Michael Fabiano Ruggero
Paul Appleby Prunier
Ashley Riches Rambaldo
Sarah Dufresne Yvette/Giorgette
Angela Schisano Bianca/Gabriele
Marvic Monreal Suzy/Lolette
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
Giacomo Puccini
La rondine
(concert performance with surtitles)
The Music
Sir Antonio Pappano’s first encounter with the LSO was recording La rondine at Abbey Road Studios in 1996. ‘I’ll never forget the first down beat,’ he says, ‘when the Orchestra just exploded with activity and panache and derring-do.’
He returns to this work nearly 30 years later, in his first season as Chief Conductor, sharing his love of Italian opera in this full-bloodedly romantic score, with a matchless cast of singers. The opera explores longing for love against a background of family disapproval – a theme brilliantly captured in a famous scene from the film A Room with a View, set to the aria ‘Chi il Bel Sogno di Doretta’.
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City of London, EC2Y 8DS England, United Kingdom
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