(Skylark Opera staged the opera in English in 2015.) The production will be helmed by stage director Octavio Cardenas and conductor Sergio Alapont. Celine Byrne sings the titular role of La Rondine, Magda. That reorchestration, premiered in 1994, triggered something of a revival – although the opera is generally one of the least-performed of Puccini’s mature works. Allied bombing in World War 2 literally set Puccini’s music on fire, requiring that La Rondine be reorchestrated from surviving fragments and piano-vocal scores. The composer rewrote the work twice, but died before the last version could be performed. The opera, Puccini’s last full-length work before Turandot, had a troubled genesis including its world premiere in Vienna being canceled by Italy’s declaration of war on Austria-Hungary.
The new season will formally kick off on October 6th with a 5-performance run of Giacomo Puccini’s 1917 opera La Rondine(“The Swallow”).
Minnesota Opera announced its 2018-2019 season last night. A scene from Minnesota Opera’s 2011 production of Silent Night.
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