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opera Puccini's La rondine Rolando Villazón (stage director), Roberto Rizzi Brignoli (music direction) – With Dinara Alieva (Magda) and Charles Castronovo (Ruggero)

Rolando Villazón (stage director), Roberto Rizzi Brignoli (music direction) – With Dinara Alieva (Magda) and Charles Castronovo (Ruggero)

Puccini's La rondine Rolando Villazón (stage director), Roberto Rizzi Brignoli (music direction) – With Dinara Alieva (Magda) and Charles Castronovo (Ruggero)

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A century after its composition, Puccini’s La rondine (“The Swallow”) finally finds its deserving place in the modern opera houses with this new production directed by Mexican star opera tenor Rolando Villazón! The opera’s title will be familiar to connoisseurs of the soprano bel canto repertoire, who will recognize one of the most beautiful arias ever written, “Ch'il bel sogno di Doretta”. In this production, the multifaceted tenor, host, writer, and artistic director Rolando Villazón give a fresh coat of paint to a work whose central dilemma recalls that of another operatic masterpiece, La Traviata: Magda, nicknamed “l’hirondelle” (“swallow” in Italian) must choose between a Parisian banker Rambaldo and her true love Ruggero. Puccini’s beguiling musical score and the opera’s straightforward plot mesh well with this productions innovative staging to create true bel canto magic!

Cast

  • Rolando Villazón | Stage director
  • Johannes Leiacker | Set designer
  • Brigitte Reiffenstuel | Costumes
  • Dinara Alieva | Magda
  • Alexandra Hutton | Lisette
  • Charles Castronovo | Ruggero
  • Álvaro Zambrano | Prunier
  • Stephen Bronk | Rambaldo
  • Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
  • Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
  • Roberto Rizzi Brignoli | Conductor

Program

  • Giacomo Puccini, La rondine
    • I: Ah! No! No!... Non dite questo!
    • I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
    • I: No. Adesso non burlatemi
    • I: Come fate a sopportarla?
    • I: Ore dolci e divine di lieta baraonda
    • I: E poi?... Basta. È finito
    • I: O mio giovine amico
    • I: Le Bal Musard!... A Frascati!
    • I: T'amo!... Menti!... No!
    • II: Fiori freschi!... Scegli!... È grave!
    • II: Chi è? Mai vista! Esita!
    • II: Scusatemi, scusate
    • II: Posso chiedervi una grazia?
    • II: Dio! Lei!... Chi?... Guardala!
    • II: Rambaldo!... Ah! M'aiutate!
    • II: Nella trepida luce d'un mattin
    • III: Senti? Anche il mare respira sommesso
    • III: Oggi lascia che ancor
    • III: Dimmi che vuoi seguirmi alla mia casa
    • III: E qui?... Non so!
    • III: Siam venuti a turbare il vostro nido
    • III: Amore mio! Mia madre!
    • III: No! Non dir questo! No!

Details

  • Directed by:
    • Ernestine Böttcher
  • Venue: Deutsche Oper Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
  • Production date: 2015
  • Duration: 1 h 44 min
  • Production: © Zenon-Lex Law bureau
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