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Tobias Ringborg

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Stuart Maunder

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Richard Roberts

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Gavan Swift

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Simon Bruckard

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Louisa Fitzgerald

Singer

Soprano

Kiandra Howarth

Magda

Tenor

Kang Wang

Ruggero

Nina Korbe

Lisette

Baritone

Teddy Tahu Rhodes

Rambaldo

Italian

La rondine -  (The Swallow)

Melbourne

Australia

Palais Theatre

La rondine Puccini

Public

The Swallow

Sharan Allad

English

Approved

Puccini’s gift for mesmerising melodies captures the essence of romance and love at first sight between a Parisian courtesan, Magda, and her naive and ardent admirer Ruggero. Magda, a metaphorical swallow, is torn between the life she needs and the life she knows.

Puccini’s exquisite score is warm and sensually delicate. It vividly shapes the characters and choruses, evoking the beguiling essence of Parisian life. La Rondine navigates a spectrum of emotions from the gaiety of the City of Love, the bittersweet sorrow of regret, and the sensuality of young love.

Puccini’s late masterpiece, brimming with themes of youth, passion and heartbreak, will rekindle your understanding of what it truly means to be alive and in love.

The Swallow by Puccini, From (2024/2024), Directed by Stuart Maunder,, Conductor Tobias Ringborg, Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia

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