Home
The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine main backdrop
The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine main poster

The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine

Visit website

8.0/10 • 1

2009-01-10 • 1h 54m

Music

Absolutely Delightful Performance

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.

Directors
Brian Large
Writters
Giuseppe Adami

Top Billed Cast

View Credits
  1. Angela Gheorghiu

    Angela Gheorghiu

    Magda

  2. Roberto Alagna

    Roberto Alagna

    Ruggero

  3. Samuel Ramey

    Samuel Ramey

    Rambaldo

  4. Lisette Oropesa

    Lisette Oropesa

    Lisette

  5. Marius Brenciu

    Marius Brenciu

    Prunier

  6. Monica Yunus

    Monica Yunus

    Yvette

  7. Marco Armiliato

    Marco Armiliato

    Self - Conductor

  8. Alyson Cambridge

    Alyson Cambridge

    Bianca

  9. Marty Singleton

    Marty Singleton

    Adolf

Reviews0

We don't have any reviews for The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine.

Media

  • The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine backdrop

Recommendations

  • No Backdrop

    Verdi Nabucco

    6.0

  • Ninja Terminator main backdrop

    Ninja Terminator

    6.2

  • No Backdrop

    Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №5. Second Bride Emperor

    6.1

  • No Backdrop

    Fight Club (Russian version)

    7.8

  • Bummer 2 main backdrop

    Bummer 2

    6.1

  • No Backdrop

    Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №1. Testament Emperor

    7.3

  • No Backdrop

    A Little Fact

    7.2

  • No Backdrop

    Box

    4.5

  • Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space main backdrop

    Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space

    7.5

  • Seize Them! main backdrop

    Seize Them!

    5.0

  • Old Man Junior main backdrop

    Old Man Junior

    6.9

  • Maybe More main backdrop

    Maybe More

    6.1

  • No Backdrop

    Girl on the Moon

    5.9

  • The Adventures main backdrop

    The Adventures

    6.0

  • No Backdrop

    Box

    6.4

  • The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit, Across the Wild Land, Through the Dark Forest, Beyond the Misty Mountains. There and Back Again main backdrop

    The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit, Across the Wild Land, Through the Dark Forest, Beyond the Misty Mountains. There and Back Again

    6.8

  • Cuckoo main backdrop

    Cuckoo

    5.7

  • No Backdrop

    In Lemgo 89

    7.4

  • No Backdrop

    Box

    5.9

  • No Backdrop

    Duped (The Jezbel Experience)

    0.0

Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Budget
--
Revenue
--
Keywords
operapuccini