Puccini: La Rondine

Puccini: La Rondine

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

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