Puccini: La Rondine

Puccini: La Rondine

Angela Gheorghiu, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Antonio Pappano, Inva Mula
1997

Since bursting onto the international stage in the early 1990s, Angela Gheorghiu has carved out a formidable reputation in Italian opera, particularly Puccini. It was, however, the music of Verdi that catapulted the world-renowned soprano to fame, when in 1994 the BBC cleared its schedules at the last minute to broadcast her performance of Violetta in La Traviata from Covent Garden. Since then, Gheorghiu has given us a distinguished catalogue of acclaimed complete-opera recordings, recital programmes, and compilations. But it’s her characterful 1997 recording of Puccini’s lesser-known opera La Rondine—made with her then-husband, tenor Roberto Alagna, and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antonio Pappano—that is considered the high point of her career to date. Act I’s “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta” is one of Puccini’s finest arias, Gheorghiu’s creamy-toned voice, by then at the height of its power, effortlessly soaring to stratospheric heights.

Giacomo Puccini
La rondine, SC 83
Monica Bacelli, Angela Gheorghiu, Alberto Rinaldi, Patricia Biccire, William Matteuzzi, Inva Mula, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi
William Matteuzzi, Angela Gheorghiu, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra
Patricia Biccire, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Roberto Alagna, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, London Voices, Angela Gheorghiu, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, William Matteuzzi, Alberto Rinaldi, Toby Spence
Toby Spence, London Voices, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Alberto Rinaldi, Roberto Alagna, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, William Matteuzzi, Patricia Biccire
Antonio Pappano, Alberto Rinaldi, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra
William Matteuzzi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Alberto Rinaldi, London Voices, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Toby Spence, Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire, Roberto Alagna
Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire, Patrizia Ciofi, Toby Spence, Alberto Rinaldi, Roberto Alagna, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, William Matteuzzi, London Voices
Alberto Rinaldi, Roberto Alagna, William Matteuzzi, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Patricia Biccire, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Angela Gheorghiu, London Voices, Toby Spence, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano
Alberto Rinaldi, Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Toby Spence, William Matteuzzi, London Voices, Roberto Alagna, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano
London Voices, Patricia Biccire, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Alberto Rinaldi, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Toby Spence, William Matteuzzi
London Voices, Angela Gheorghiu, Toby Spence, Alberto Rinaldi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Roberto Alagna, Patricia Biccire, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, William Matteuzzi
Alberto Rinaldi, Patricia Biccire, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Roberto Alagna, Antonio Pappano, William Matteuzzi, Toby Spence, Angela Gheorghiu
Alberto Rinaldi, Angela Gheorghiu, Toby Spence, Patricia Biccire, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, William Matteuzzi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore
Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire, Toby Spence, William Matteuzzi, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Alberto Rinaldi, Roberto Alagna, London Voices
Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, William Matteuzzi
London Voices, Roberto Alagna, Toby Spence, William Matteuzzi, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Patricia Biccire, Alberto Rinaldi, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Angela Gheorghiu, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano
Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Toby Spence, London Voices, Alberto Rinaldi, William Matteuzzi, Gareth Roberts, Patricia Biccire, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano
Toby Spence, William Matteuzzi, Andrew Busher, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Alberto Rinaldi, London Voices, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Patricia Biccire
Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Alberto Rinaldi, William Matteuzzi, Patricia Biccire, Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Toby Spence, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Patrizia Ciofi, Roberto Alagna
Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Patricia Biccire, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Toby Spence, London Voices, Alberto Rinaldi, Angela Gheorghiu, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano
Alberto Rinaldi, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Roberto Alagna, London Voices, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, William Matteuzzi, Toby Spence, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire
Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Alberto Rinaldi, Toby Spence, Patricia Biccire, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, William Matteuzzi, London Voices, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano
Toby Spence, Roberto Alagna, Patricia Biccire, Alberto Rinaldi, William Matteuzzi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, London Voices, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Angela Gheorghiu
William Matteuzzi, Antonio Pappano, Roberto Alagna, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Angela Gheorghiu
Antonio Pappano, Roberto Alagna, William Matteuzzi, Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Alagna, London Voices, Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, William Matteuzzi
Antonio Pappano, Alberto Rinaldi, William Matteuzzi, Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Roberto Alagna
Roberto Alagna, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Angela Gheorghiu, London Voices, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Rinaldi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Toby Spence, William Matteuzzi, Patricia Biccire, Patrizia Ciofi
William Matteuzzi, London Voices, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Alberto Rinaldi, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Roberto Alagna, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire, Toby Spence
William Matteuzzi, Monica Bacelli, Roberto Alagna, Alberto Rinaldi, Patrizia Ciofi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Patricia Biccire, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Enrico Fissore, Toby Spence, Angela Gheorghiu, London Voices
Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, William Matteuzzi, London Voices, Patricia Biccire, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Toby Spence, Alberto Rinaldi, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu
William Matteuzzi, Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Roberto Alagna, London Voices, Alberto Rinaldi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Toby Spence
Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, William Matteuzzi, London Voices, Patricia Biccire, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Alberto Rinaldi, Toby Spence
London Voices, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, William Matteuzzi, Alberto Rinaldi, Roberto Alagna, Enrico Fissore, Monica Bacelli, Toby Spence, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire
Alberto Rinaldi, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Toby Spence, London Voices, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano
Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Alberto Rinaldi, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Roberto Alagna, William Matteuzzi, Angela Gheorghiu, Toby Spence, Patricia Biccire
Angela Gheorghiu, William Matteuzzi, Enrico Fissore, Antonio Pappano, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra
Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, William Matteuzzi, Patricia Biccire, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Alberto Rinaldi, Roberto Alagna, London Voices, Toby Spence, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu
Alberto Rinaldi, Angela Gheorghiu, London Voices, Toby Spence, Patricia Biccire, Roberto Alagna, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, William Matteuzzi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore
Toby Spence, London Voices, Enrico Fissore, Roberto Alagna, William Matteuzzi, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Monica Bacelli, Patricia Biccire, Alberto Rinaldi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu
Roberto Alagna, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, Alberto Rinaldi, Toby Spence, William Matteuzzi, Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire, London Voices, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore
Roberto Alagna, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra, Angela Gheorghiu
Giacomo Puccini
Morire?, S. 89, SC 89
Roberto Alagna, Antonio Pappano
Giacomo Puccini
Manon Lescaut, SC 64
London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Roberto Alagna, Antonio Pappano
Giacomo Puccini
Le villi, SC 60 · “The Willis”
London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Roberto Alagna, Antonio Pappano
G. Puccini: Le Villi
London Voices, Antonio Pappano, Roberto Alagna, London Symphony Orchestra
Giacomo Puccini
Le villi, SC 60 · “The Willis”
London Voices, Roberto Alagna, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, Roberto Alagna, London Voices

1 January 1997 48 Tracks, 2 Hours ℗ 1997 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd.

RECORD LABEL

Warner Classics

Production

  • David Groves
    Producer
  • Simon Rhodes
    Engineer, Balance Engineer