Romantic. Nostalgic. Poignant.
Puccini La rondine
Sir Antonio Pappano
Thursday 12 December 2024 • 7pm
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Giacomo Puccini
La rondine
(concert performance with surtitles)
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
Hector Bloggs Crebillon
Tom McGowan Perichaud
Sang Eup Son Gobin
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra
The concert will finish at approximately 9.15pm, including a 20-minute interval (timings subject to change).
Concert also performed on 10 December.
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The Concert
A concert performance of La rondine, Puccini’s story of love thwarted by society’s conventions, an opera glowing with melody and orchestral colour.
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’.
La rondine is a fantastic vehicle for the orchestra, with a wonderful, bittersweet story. It’s light on its feet, rhapsodic and romantic.
Sir Antonio Pappano, LSO Chief Conductor
Change of artist
Nadine Sierra has had a recent medical procedure, the recovery from which is taking longer than anticipated. She has therefore had to withdraw from the LSO’s performances of La rondine on 10 and 12 December. The role of Magda will now be sung by Carolina López Moreno.
Posted 3 December 3pm
Dive Deeper
Five Reasons to love Puccini's La rondine
Step into the charming world of Puccini’s La rondine, a story of love thwarted by society’s conventions.
Sir Antonio Pappano
‘I want to explore music that I really, really love – and, the hope is, that the Orchestra will really love with me.’
Sir Antonio Pappano introduces his first season as Chief Conductor of the LSO.
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