If you love La Traviata, you'll love La Rondine

Can a worldly Parisian courtesan find lasting love in the arms of a naive young man from the provinces? Our heroine Magda is living a life of luxury filled with free-flowing champagne, fizzy frivolity, and light-hearted liaisons. And her "patron" Rambaldo keeps footing the entire bill. Upon meeting the handsome young Ruggero, she realizes he's her soul mate, and they run off to the Riviera together. But just as a swallow follows its inevitable destiny, Magda's sordid past dictates the outcome of the illusion.

Featuring the heart-melting "Doretta's Dream Song" (heard in the film A Room with a View), La Rondine is a little-known treasure-trove that includes some of Puccini's most rhapsodic music. Marta Domingo directs the captivating production of this Puccini jewel.

MAGDA	Patricia Racette	View Profile
RUGGERO	Marcus Haddock	View Profile
LISETTE	Amanda Squitieri	View Profile
PRUNIER	Greg Fedderly	View Profile
RAMBALDO	David Pittsinger	View Profile
PERICHAUD	Dale Travis	View Profile
CREBILLON	Levi Hernandez	View Profile

CONDUCTOR	Keri-Lynn Wilson	View Profile
DIRECTOR	Marta Domingo	View Profile
CHOREOGRAPHER	Kitty McNamee	View Profile
DESIGNER	Michael Scott	View Profile
LIGHTING DESIGNER	M.L. Geiger	View Profile
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR/CHORUS MASTER	Grant Gershon	View Profile

RUNNING TIME
2 hours 40 minutes, including two intermissions.

PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE
One hour prior to each performance.
Michael Walsh will lead the pre-performance lecture.
Pre-performance lectures are generously sponsored by the Flora L. Thornton Foundation and the Opera League of Los Angeles.

PRODUCTION NOTES:
A co-production of Los Angeles Opera and Washington National Opera.
Sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Artists and dates subject to change.