{"product_id":"puccini-g-rondine-la-puccini-festival-2007-ntsc","title":"PUCCINI, G.: Rondine (La) (Puccini Festival, 2007) (NTSC)","description":"Although one of his most consistently lyrical operas, La rondine (The Swallow) remains one of Puccini’s least known. Dissatisfied with the result of his work, Puccini wrote three versions, with two different endings, and continued to make further revisions up to his death in 1924. The innovative 2007 production at the Torre del Lago Giacomo Puccini Festival, presented on this DVD, is in effect a fourth version, which combines Acts I and II of the first version (1917), with Lorenzo Ferrero’s 1994 orchestration of parts of the Finale of Act III of the incomplete third version (1921), some of which had survived only in piano score, as well as Ruggero’s Act I romanza, Parigi è la città dei desideri, from the second version (1920).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With a sparkling score reminiscent of Franz Lehár and Richard Strauss, La rondine, set in mid-19th century Paris, tells the story of Magda de Civry, a young courtesan who falls in love one evening with Ruggero Lastouc, the handsome son of a childhood friend of her protector, Rambaldo Fernandez. Although Magda believes that her compromised social position prevents their marrying, in Puccini’s third version it is Ruggero who leaves Magda when he discovers that she is the mistress of Rambaldo. -  \u003ci\u003eNaxos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Giacomo Puccini \u003cbr\u003e  LA RONDINE\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Magda – Svetla Vassileva\u003cbr\u003e  Lisette – Maya Dashuk\u003cbr\u003e  Ruggero – Fabio Sartori\u003cbr\u003e  Prunier – Emanuele Giannino\u003cbr\u003e  Rambaldo – Marzio Giossi\u003cbr\u003e  Périchaud – Fernando Ciuffo\u003cbr\u003e  Gobin – Giorgio Berrugi\u003cbr\u003e  Crébillon – Andrea Patucelli\u003cbr\u003e  Yvette – Polina Volfson\u003cbr\u003e  Bianca – Alessandra Meozzi\u003cbr\u003e  Suzy – Annunziata Vestri\u003cbr\u003e  Fleury – Katia De Sarlo\u003cbr\u003e  Mariette – Chang Chiung Wen\u003cbr\u003e  Roro – Elisabetta Lombardo\u003cbr\u003e  Un maggiordomo – Alessando Manghesi\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Puccini Festival Chorus and Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e  Alberto Veronesi, conductor\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Recorded live from the 53rd Puccini Festival, Torre del Lago, Italy, on 8, 10 and 16 August 2007\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Picture format: NTSC 16:9\u003cbr\u003e  Sound format: Dolby Digital 2.0 \/ Dolby Surround 5.0\u003cbr\u003e  Region code: 0 (worldwide)\u003cbr\u003e  Subtitles: English, Italian\u003cbr\u003e  Running time: 111 mins\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Naxos AudioVisual","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":49705756524824,"sku":"747313526659","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/1499711_92be4bea-c2b2-4a3f-97bf-f0c58cd26cdb.jpg?v=1777563406","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/puccini-g-rondine-la-puccini-festival-2007-ntsc","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}