Puccini - La rondine (FINAL 1921 VERSION)
Puccini - La rondine (FINAL 1921 VERSION)
Puccini - La rondine (FINAL 1921 VERSION)
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Puccini - La rondine (FINAL 1921 VERSION) Puccini

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2CD digipack in slipcase, 188pp booklet – Essays in English by Ditlev Rindom. Synopsis in English, French, German and Italian – Libretto in Italian and English.

Condition: Brand New
Release date: Oct 30, 2026
Catalogue number: ORC66
Barcode: 0792938006628
Format: 2CD Digipack

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Premiered in Fiume in April 1924, Puccini’s final 1921 version of La rondine offers the most opulent and tragic version of this beloved opera. Puccini substantially reworked the key ensembles in the familiar 1917 version and composed new music for Acts One and Three, culminating in a violent denouement in which Ruggero abandons the heartbroken Magda.

Carlo Rizzi conducts the world-premiere recording of the complete 1921 version. Ermonela Jaho stars as the Magda, with Iván Ayón-Rivas as her lover Ruggero and Nicola Alaimo as her patron Rambaldo. Juan Francisco Gatell and Ellie Neate complete the main cast as Prunier and Lisette. Mattia Olivieri joins to sing extracts from the 1919 version, in which the role of Prunier was written for a baritone.

Packaging 2CD digipack in slipcase, 188pp booklet – Essays in English by Ditlev Rindom
Synopsis in English, French, German and Italian – Libretto in Italian and English
Duration Ca. 2h 05mins (CD1: 68 mins / CD2: 58 mins)

Track List:

CD1:
1. ‘Ah! no! no! / Non dite questo!’ (Yvette, Bianca, Suzy, Prunier, Magda, Lisette, Rambaldo)
2. ‘Chi il bel sogno di Doretta’ (Prunier, Magda)
3. ‘Chi il bel sogno di Doretta’ (Magda, All)
4. ‘No... Adesso non burlatemi’ (Magda, Périchaud, Crébillon, Gobin, Rambaldo, Yvette, Prunier)
5. ‘Un momento: scusi, ecco’ (Lisette, Rambaldo, Magda)
6. ‘Come fate a sopportarla?’ (Prunier, Magda, Bianca, Yvette, Suzy)
7. ‘Denaro! Nient’altro che denaro’ (Magda, Bianca, Yvette, Suzy)
8. ‘E poi? / Basta, è finito’ (Yvette, Magda, Bianca, Suzy, Prunier)
9. ‘Che uomo difficile’ (Yvette, Bianca, Prunier, Magda, Suzy, Rambaldo, Ruggero)
10. ‘Forse, come la rondine’ (Prunier, Magda, Rambaldo, Ruggero)
11. ‘Poeta raffinato, dite un po’’ (Rambaldo, Prunier, Lisette, Yvette, Bianca, Suzy, Gobin, Crébillon, Ruggero)
12. ‘Le Bal Musard! / A Frascati!’ (Yvette, Bianca, Suzy, Lisette, Magda, Rambaldo, Prunier, Périchaud, Crébillon, Gobin)
13. ‘Forse, come la rondine’ (Magda)
14. ‘T’amo! / Menti!’ (Prunier, Lisette)
15. ‘Chi mi riconoscerebbe?’ (Magda)
16. ‘Presto! Presto! / Fiori freschi’ (Chorus)
17. ‘Chi è? Mai vista’ (Young men, Magda)
18. ‘Scusatemi... Scusate’ (Magda, Ruggero)
19. ‘Nella dolce carezza della danza’ (Magda, Ruggero, Prunier, Lisette, Chorus)
20. ‘Deh! scendi dall’Olimpo!’ (Chorus, Magda, Ruggero, Prunier, Lisette)
21. ‘Che caldo! Che sete’ (Magda, Ruggero)
22. ‘Perché mai cercare di saper’ (Magda, Ruggero, Chorus)
23. ‘Dio! Lei!’ (Lisette, Prunier, Ruggero, Magda)
24. ‘A chi impera sul mondo... Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso’ (Ruggero, Magda, Lisette, Prunier, Chorus)
25. ‘Rambaldo! / Ah! M’aiutate’ (Prunier, Magda, Lisette, Rambaldo, Chorus)
26. ‘Nella trepida luce d’un mattin’ (Distant voice)

CD2:
27. ‘Paulette!... Mia Paulette’ (Ruggero, Magda)
28. Prelude
29. ‘Ah! / Il nostro nido è nido di baci!’ (Magda, Ruggero)
30. ‘Chi c’è? / Chi è là’ (Magda, Ruggero, Rorò, Mariette, Fleury)
31. ‘O mia povera cara’ (Ruggero, Magda)
32. ‘Dimmi che vuoi seguirmi alla mia casa’ (Ruggero)
33. ‘Che più dirgli?... Che fare?’ (Magda)
34. ‘È qui? / Non so!’ (Lisette, Prunier)
35. ‘No! Non m’inganno!’ (Lisette, Prunier, the Butler, Magda)
36. ‘Finalmente! / È una donna felice’ (Lisette, Prunier, Magda)
37. ‘Che volete da me?’ (Magda, Rambaldo)
38. ‘Amore mio! / No! taci!’ (Magda, Ruggero)
39. ‘Non maledire, ascolta’ (Magda, Ruggero, Lisette)
40. ‘Chi il bel sogno di Doretta’ (Prunier, Magda, All)
41. ‘T’amo! / Menti!’ (Prunier, Lisette)
42. ‘Ed ora bevo all’amore’ (Prunier, Magda, Ruggero, Lisette)
43. ‘Amore mio!... Mia madre’ (Ruggero, Magda, Prunier)
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