| Freitag 05 Dezember 2025 | 19:30 |
| Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924) | La rondine | Libretto von Giuseppe Adami |
| Opera Rara | ||
| Carlo Rizzi | Musikalische Leitung | |
| BBC Symphony Orchestra | ||
| BBC Singers | ||
| Ermonela Jaho | Sopran | Magda |
| Ellie Neate | Sopran | Lisette |
| Iván Ayón-Rivas | Tenor | Ruggero |
| Juan Francisco Gatell | Tenor | Prunier |
| Julieth Lozano | Sopran | Bianca |
| Joanna Harries | Mezzosopran | Suzy |
| Jessica Robinson | Sopran | Yvette |
| Nicola Alaimo | Bariton | Rambaldo |
| David Shipley | Bass | Périchaud |
| Robert Lewis | Tenor | Gobin |
| William Thomas | Bass | Crébillon |
Ruggero is young and wealthy, with his whole life before him. Magda is beautiful, worldly and wise – surely too wise to fall in love all over again? But amid the delights of belle-époque Paris, romance can be as intoxicating as champagne – and the heart, as they say, has its own reasons. In Puccini’s opera La rondine, they’ve never sounded sweeter.
Inspired by Viennese operetta, La rondine is a bittersweet love story, set to some of the most romantic melodies that even Puccini ever wrote. But it’s also portrait of a world waltzing on the edge; a deeply moving study of innocence and (tender) experience. This one-off concert performance from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Opera Rara stars Ermonela Jaho as Magda, and uses the newly restored final 1921 version of the score, incorporating music which is completely unknown today. Prepare to be seduced.
