Puccini: La Rondine

Puccini: La Rondine

Angela Gheorghiu, Antonio Pappano, Inva Mula, 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, SC83
Monica Bacelli, Angela Gheorghiu, William Matteuzzi, Patrizia Ciofi, Alberto Rinaldi, Inva Mula, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra, Patricia Biccire
Angela Gheorghiu, London Symphony Orchestra, William Matteuzzi, Antonio Pappano
Monica Bacelli, London Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Inva Mula, Toby Spence, Patrizia Ciofi, Enrico Fissore, Angela Gheorghiu, Alberto Rinaldi, London Voices, Patricia Biccire, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna
London Voices, Toby Spence, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra, Enrico Fissore, Patricia Biccire, Monica Bacelli, Inva Mula, Angela Gheorghiu, Patrizia Ciofi, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Alberto Rinaldi
Alberto Rinaldi, Angela Gheorghiu, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, Inva Mula
London Symphony Orchestra, Inva Mula, Patrizia Ciofi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu, Enrico Fissore, Toby Spence, Monica Bacelli, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Alberto Rinaldi, London Voices, Patricia Biccire
Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Angela Gheorghiu, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Toby Spence, London Voices, Alberto Rinaldi, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Patricia Biccire, Patrizia Ciofi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano
London Voices, Alberto Rinaldi, Enrico Fissore, Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, Toby Spence, Patrizia Ciofi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra, Monica Bacelli, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Patricia Biccire
Toby Spence, London Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Rinaldi, Monica Bacelli, Inva Mula, Patrizia Ciofi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Enrico Fissore, Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire, London Voices
London Symphony Orchestra, Angela Gheorghiu, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Enrico Fissore, London Voices, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Alberto Rinaldi, Patrizia Ciofi, Monica Bacelli, Inva Mula, Toby Spence, Patricia Biccire
William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, London Voices, Monica Bacelli, Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, Toby Spence, Alberto Rinaldi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Patrizia Ciofi, Enrico Fissore, London Symphony Orchestra, Patricia Biccire
Enrico Fissore, Patrizia Ciofi, Inva Mula, Alberto Rinaldi, Toby Spence, Angela Gheorghiu, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Antonio Pappano, Monica Bacelli, London Symphony Orchestra, Patricia Biccire
Alberto Rinaldi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Toby Spence, London Symphony Orchestra, Enrico Fissore, Patrizia Ciofi, Monica Bacelli, Inva Mula, William Matteuzzi, Patricia Biccire, Angela Gheorghiu
London Symphony Orchestra, Angela Gheorghiu, Toby Spence, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Patricia Biccire, Patrizia Ciofi, Alberto Rinaldi, Enrico Fissore, Monica Bacelli, London Voices, Inva Mula, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano
London Symphony Orchestra, William Matteuzzi, Inva Mula, Antonio Pappano
Enrico Fissore, London Voices, Toby Spence, Inva Mula, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Patrizia Ciofi, Patricia Biccire, London Symphony Orchestra, Monica Bacelli, Alberto Rinaldi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu
Toby Spence, Alberto Rinaldi, Enrico Fissore, Patricia Biccire, Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, Patrizia Ciofi, London Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Gareth Roberts, London Voices, Monica Bacelli
Enrico Fissore, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Toby Spence, Angela Gheorghiu, London Voices, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Busher, Patrizia Ciofi, Monica Bacelli, Inva Mula, Alberto Rinaldi, Patricia Biccire
Toby Spence, Inva Mula, Alberto Rinaldi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Patricia Biccire, Patrizia Ciofi, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, Angela Gheorghiu
Enrico Fissore, Monica Bacelli, Patrizia Ciofi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Inva Mula, Angela Gheorghiu, London Voices, Toby Spence, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Alberto Rinaldi, Patricia Biccire, London Symphony Orchestra
Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, Enrico Fissore, London Symphony Orchestra, Alberto Rinaldi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Toby Spence, Monica Bacelli, Patrizia Ciofi, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Patricia Biccire, London Voices
Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, Alberto Rinaldi, Toby Spence, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, London Voices, Patricia Biccire, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, London Symphony Orchestra, Patrizia Ciofi, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna
Toby Spence, Monica Bacelli, Patrizia Ciofi, Enrico Fissore, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Inva Mula, Patricia Biccire, Angela Gheorghiu, Alberto Rinaldi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra
Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra
Inva Mula, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Alberto Rinaldi, Enrico Fissore, London Symphony Orchestra, Monica Bacelli, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Patricia Biccire, Angela Gheorghiu, London Voices, Toby Spence, Patrizia Ciofi
William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Antonio Pappano, Inva Mula, London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra
Alberto Rinaldi, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, London Voices
Patrizia Ciofi, London Voices, Alberto Rinaldi, Monica Bacelli, London Symphony Orchestra, Toby Spence, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Inva Mula, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire, Enrico Fissore
Angela Gheorghiu, Monica Bacelli, Inva Mula, Alberto Rinaldi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, London Voices, Patricia Biccire, Patrizia Ciofi, London Symphony Orchestra, Toby Spence, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Enrico Fissore
Inva Mula, Toby Spence, Alberto Rinaldi, Angela Gheorghiu, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Monica Bacelli, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Enrico Fissore, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Patrizia Ciofi, Patricia Biccire
Monica Bacelli, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Patricia Biccire, Toby Spence, Inva Mula, London Symphony Orchestra, Angela Gheorghiu, London Voices, Enrico Fissore, Patrizia Ciofi, Alberto Rinaldi, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna
Inva Mula, Toby Spence, Angela Gheorghiu, Enrico Fissore, London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Alberto Rinaldi, Monica Bacelli, Patrizia Ciofi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Patricia Biccire
Alberto Rinaldi, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, Enrico Fissore, Angela Gheorghiu, Inva Mula, Patrizia Ciofi, Monica Bacelli, Patricia Biccire, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Toby Spence
Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Toby Spence, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Inva Mula, Alberto Rinaldi, Angela Gheorghiu, London Symphony Orchestra, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, London Voices, Patrizia Ciofi, Patricia Biccire
Inva Mula, London Voices, Monica Bacelli, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Toby Spence, Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire, Patrizia Ciofi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra, Enrico Fissore, Alberto Rinaldi
Alberto Rinaldi, Inva Mula, Patricia Biccire, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Patrizia Ciofi, Angela Gheorghiu, Enrico Fissore, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Monica Bacelli, Toby Spence
Enrico Fissore, Antonio Pappano, Inva Mula, William Matteuzzi, Angela Gheorghiu, London Symphony Orchestra
Angela Gheorghiu, Patricia Biccire, London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Patrizia Ciofi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Toby Spence, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Alberto Rinaldi, Inva Mula, Enrico Fissore, Monica Bacelli
Alberto Rinaldi, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Toby Spence, London Symphony Orchestra, Enrico Fissore, Patrizia Ciofi, Monica Bacelli, Inva Mula, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Patricia Biccire, Angela Gheorghiu, London Voices
Alberto Rinaldi, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Patrizia Ciofi, Toby Spence, Angela Gheorghiu, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Inva Mula, London Voices, Enrico Fissore, Monica Bacelli, Patricia Biccire, London Symphony Orchestra
Patrizia Ciofi, Monica Bacelli, Enrico Fissore, Angela Gheorghiu, William Matteuzzi, Roberto Alagna, Alberto Rinaldi, London Voices, Inva Mula, Patricia Biccire, Riccardo Simonetti, Antonio Pappano, Toby Spence, London Symphony Orchestra
Angela Gheorghiu, London Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Alagna, Antonio Pappano
Giacomo Puccini
Morire?, SC89, S. 89
Roberto Alagna, Antonio Pappano
Giacomo Puccini
Le villi, SC60 · “The Willis”
London Voices, Roberto Alagna, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra
London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, Roberto Alagna
London Voices, Roberto Alagna, Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano, London Voices, Roberto Alagna
Antonio Pappano, Roberto Alagna, London Voices, London Symphony Orchestra

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