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| 1912 was a sad year for Puccini. The publisher, Giulio Ricordi, who had encouraged and promoted his opera career, died. Puccini�s favorite sister, Ramelda, also died the same year.
Since Offenbach, all composers have tried, at least once, to summon the joyful muse and have attempted an operetta. In truth, Puccini didn't want to compose just an operetta, but a tragic operetta. He said in a letter "I still want to make the audience cry." In the autumn of 1913 Puccini accepted a commission for an operetta from the directors of the Vienna Karltheater. The result was "La Rondine", and it was called "Commedia Lirica", a light-hearted work, with a conversational tone and lyric mood. Some consider it the weakest of his operas because of the lack of the pure Puccinian lyrical melody. The entrance of Italy to the Alliance in the World War I prevented the premi�re of "La Rondine" in Vienna. At last, it was premiered in Monte Carlo in 1917. The idea of joining various works in an only one constitute an expression of originality. The beginnings belong to a slow process to abandon little by little the conservative world from which Puccini had arisen. "Il Tabarro", "Suor Angelica" and "Gianni Schicchi" remain, with all their harsh realism, sentiment and calmness, a fascinating theatrical idea. For the composer, who started work on "Il Tabarro" in his 50s and completed the project happily with "Gianni Schicchi" in his 60s, this opera represented an important expression of his art./ Source |
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| Roles Magda de Civry soprano Lisette, her maid soprano Ruggero Lastouc tenor Prunier, a poet tenor Rambaldo Fernandez, Magda's protector baritone P�richaud baritone / bass Gobin bass/baritone Cr�billon bass/baritone Rabonnier baritone Yvette soprano Bianca soprano Suzy mezzo-soprano A butler bass A voice soprano Members of the bourgeoisie, students, painters, elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen, grisettes, flower girls and dancing girls, waiters. |
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