Organization

Conductor

Mark Elder

Singer

Baritone

Lucio Gallo

Michele

Soprano

Natalya Romaniw

Giorgetta

Tenor

Adam Smith

Luigi

Mezzo-soprano

Annunziata Vestri

La Frugola

Alasdair Elliott

Tinca

Bass

Simon Shibambu

Talpa

Shengzhi Ren

A song seller

Ryan Vaughan Davies

A male lover

Laura Perešivana

A female lover

Orchestra

Hallé Orchestra

Others

Philharmonia Voices

Hallé

Italian

Prom 19: Puccini’s Il tabarro

London

United Kingdom

BBC Proms

Royal Albert Hall

Prom 19: Puccini’s Il tabarro: Concert Various (+1 More)

Private

Public

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Fontane di Roma

The Cloak

English

Approved

Life on a French river barge is tough, and for a young wife it can be lonely too. But in this closed and arduous world, even a dream of a better world can spark jealousy. Il tabarro is a side of Puccini that’s too rarely seen – a gritty, red-blooded drama of life on the edge, told with all his flair for melody and suspense. Who better to perform it than Sir Mark Elder, one of our greatest living opera conductors, and the orchestra that he’s directed for over two decades – the Hallé. Natalya Romaniw stars as the lovelorn Giorgetta; first, though, Elder and his orchestra conjure up Dukas’s musical magic spell, and join Respighi amid the glittering Fountains of Rome.

(‘Il tabarro’ is a concert performance; sung in Italian, with English surtitles)

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble