Name: La rondine
Start: 2022-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Belcombe Court

Organization

Iford Arts

Cantante

Helen Maree Cooper

Chorus singer

Jack Dolan

Lara Rebekah Harvey

Clover Kayne

Jonathan Forbes Kennedy

Rachel Speirs

Regia

Bruno Ravella

Scenografia

Flavio Graff

Direzione d'orchestra

Oliver Gooch

Soprano

Meinir Wyn Roberts

Magda

Katherine McIndoe

Lorena Paz Nieto

Lisette

Tenore

Joseph Buckmaster

Ruggero

Ryan Vaughan Davies

Prunier

Baritono

Philip Smith

Rambaldo

Basso-baritono

Kieran Rayner

Périchaud

Matteo Placidi

Gobin

Rhydian Jenkins

Crébillon

Rabonnier

Lara Marie Müller

Yvette

Natasha Page

Bianca

Mezzosoprano

Shakira Tsindos

Suzy

Jessica Hope

Un cantore

Georgette

Lolette

Gabriella

Matthew Curtis

Corina Ignat

Jordan Harding-Pointon

If Opera

Others

If Opera Chorus

Orchestra

Bristol Ensemble

italiano

La rondine

Bradford on Avon

Regno Unito

Belcombe Court

La rondine Puccini

Public

inglese

Approvato

La rondine (The Swallow) is a moving tale of young love and heartbreak – and what else, you may ask, is opera about?  Arguably Puccini’s most modern opera, La rondine was premiered in Monte Carlo in 1917, and includes one of Puccini’s most gorgeous creations, the quartet, ‘Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso’ (I drink to your beautiful smile). 

Magda is our ‘rondine’ , the bird who flies towards the sun, and Ruggero is the shy country boy who eventually becomes her lover.  We witness their relationship unfold in the colourful locales of Paris and the balmier climes of southern France. The love ‘quadrangle’ is made complete by Prunier, a centre-of-attention poet and Magda’s fiery maid, Lisette. Amidst waltzes, foxtrots, and soaring melodies, join us for an unmissable evening of sophistication and glamour in the enchanting surroundings of Grade 1 listed Belcombe Court. 

Director Bruno Ravella, a former Iford Arts favourite, joins us fresh from extraordinary acclaim for his Rosenkavalier at Garsington in 2021. He is joined by designer Flavio Graff, and If Opera’s Artistic Director Oliver Gooch conducts.

English

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