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	La rondine @ The Lowry, Salford Quays: opera review
		Despite being a product of his maturity - it was written years after his most popular three operas - Puccini's La rondine (The Swallow) continues to be marginalised, and it is by far his most underrated opera.
		Puccini was a huge fan of Lehár, it is true, and originally he was commissioned to write songs or arias for an operetta for performance in Vienna.
		After struggling with the gruelling 'Doretta's Aria' that challenges all sopranos in the opening minutes of the opera, Kelly relaxed, and by the atmospheric second act she was singing with a gloriously full tone and tastefully controlled portamento.
	www.musicomh.com /opera/on-rondine_0506.htm (758 words)

	mondo marion: La rondine
		La rondine, Puccini's heady, dance-infused 1915 opera, may be the weakest of his works set in the City of Lights.
		Like Verdi's La traviata, La rondine ("The Swallow") is the story of a kept woman (Magda) who finds true love with a young man from the provinces (Ruggero), but abandons their idyll when her sordid past comes back to haunt her.
		La rondine, though, lacks the moral outrage that animates Verdi's masterpiece and the ever-fresh exuberance of La bohème.
	www.mondo-marion.com /rondine.html (461 words)

	La Rondine - Giacomo Puccini
		La Rondine is the only opera among Puccini's mature works that is generally passed over in the current repertory--and with good reason.
		Placed in fin de siecle Paris, the plot is disconcertingly similar to that of Verdi's La Traviata which is set two centuries earlier.
		Magda, a courtesan, falls in love with Ruggero, a handsome young man of good family, parts from her wealthy lover and leaves Paris to live with Ruggero in the south of France.
	www.culturevulture.net /Opera/Rondine.htm (653 words)

	Amazon.com: Puccini - La Rondine / Gheorghiu Â· Alagna Â· Matteuzzi Â· Mula Â· Rinaldi Â· Ciofi Â· Bacelli ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When this recording of La Rondine appeared in 1997, it was warmly greeting by critics and was (and is still) considered to be the best of the available recordings.
		The opera was an attempt to emulate the operettas of Lehar and Johann Strauss, and with La Traviata holding particular influence.
		La Rondine is a delightful, inspired musical composition in the typical expansive lyricism of the great master.
	amazon.com /Puccini-Rondine-Gheorghiu-Matteuzzi-Rinaldi/dp/B000002RYA (3132 words)

	The Dallas Opera - La Rondine
		La Rondine (“The Swallow”) is a poignant romance filled with unexpected moments of genuine passion and heartbreak.
		Although not as well known as La bohème or Turandot, La Rondine is a treasure trove of luminous melodies, one of which, “Chi il bel sogno di Doretta,” figured prominently in the award-winning soundtrack for Merchant-Ivory’s 1986 film masterpiece, A Room with a View.
		Conversation Starter: Puccini famously described himself as “a mighty hunter of wild fowl, opera librettos and attractive women.” He combines all three in La Rondine.
	www.dallasopera.org /the_season/060704-index.php (311 words)

	Amazon.com: Puccini - La Rondine / Gheorghiu · Alagna · Matteuzzi · Mula · Rinaldi · Ciofi · Bacelli · LSO · ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While La Rondine is not one of my favorite operas, this recording is nonetheless one of the finest and most beautiful that I own.
		When this recording of La Rondine appeared in 1997, it was warmly greeting by critics and was (and is still) considered to be the best of the available recordings.
		The opera was an attempt to emulate the operettas of Lehar and Johann Strauss, and with La Traviata holding particular influence.
	www.amazon.com /Puccini-Rondine-Gheorghiu-Matteuzzi-Rinaldi/dp/B000002RYA (1641 words)

	La Rondine - Italian Club of St. Louis
		La Befana potrebbe avere una qualche parentela con la "vecchia" che si brucia in piazza per festeggiare la fine dell'anno, simbolo antico e pagano della ciclicità del tempo che continuamente finisce e ricomincia.
		La tradizione della "vecchia" non è diffusa solo nelle zone in cui la Befana distribuisce i suoi doni ma è molto presente anche nel nord Italia dove pare sia derivata dalla tradizione dei popoli celtici che erano insediati in tutta la pianura padana e su parte delle Alpi.
		Insomma la Befana è un personaggio molto meno rassicurante degli altri portatori di doni che tutti abbiamo conosciuto da bambini.
	www.italystl.com /italianclub/rondine/ronjan99.htm (1708 words)

	YouTube - La Rondine - Chi il bel sogno di Doretta - Arteta
		La Rondine - Chi il bel sogno di Doretta - Arteta
		La Rondine - Chi il bel sogno di Doretta - Knighton
		Romanian soprano Elena Mosuc in Puccini's La Rondine
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=0pjtsmV7FqM (536 words)

	Grandi Tenori.com » Opera of the Month (Site not responding. Last check: )
		La Rondine had a triumphant reception at the Opera Montecarlo world premiere on 27 March 1917.
		The third reason is that La Rondine is a lyrical comedy, neither a melodrama nor an operetta so that its greatest limitation may be due to this ambiguity.
		La Rondine is a fresh, delightful, elegant, luxurious and inspired musical composition in the typical expansive lyricism of the great Tuscan master.
	www.grandi-tenori.com /fragala/opera/opera.2003.03.htm (1454 words)

	Review/City Opera; 'La Rondine,' a Puccini Variation on the 'Traviata' Tale - New York Times
		"La Rondine" returned to the house on Sunday afternoon, and opera lovers who don't mind putting up with anticlimax should go to hear it.
		"La Rondine" is comedy that aspires to tragedy but lacks the necessary ingredients.
		One leaves "La Rondine" confident that after a few months of the mopes, Magda and Ruggero are going to be just fine.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE4D6163EF93AA25753C1A965958260 (482 words)

	PUCCINI: La Rondine, Opera in three acts.Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 3.12 2005 (RJF) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Suor Angelica Puccini’s orchestration is Debussy-esque in transparency whereas La Rondine is Puccini in the full-blown orchestral mode, that he had evolved in Madama Butterfly and La fanciulla del west.
		La Rondine may have been conceived as operetta it actually ended up as something more.
		Shanahan didn’t shirk from the reminders from La Boheme but he played La Rondine rather as if verismo were the name of the game.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /SandH/2005/Jul-Dec05/rncm0312.htm (907 words)

	Land of Puccini - Giacomo Puccini's La Rondine (Librettist: Giuseppe Adami) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He struggled on with La Rondine, without the support of his great mentor, Giulio Ricordi, who had died in 1912.
		Ricordi's son, Tito, who continued to run the great publishing house of Milan, did not have the same committment to the relationship with the composer as his father had, and never really believing in the opera, refused to publish it.
		Since the contractual obligation with the Karltheater was that La Rondine would receive its premiere at their theatre in Vienna, it seemed that the opera might not make it to the stage at all.
	www.landofpuccini.com /eng/larondine.asp (588 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Puccini's 'La Rondine' — Utah Opera finally mounts overlooked score
		"La Rondine" is an irresistible melange of Franz Lehar, Richard Strauss and the Puccini of "La Boheme" or "Tosca." Despite its tuneful score — "La Rondine" is one of the composer's most consistently lyrical operas — the work has never caught on with the public or found a permanent place in the world's opera houses.
		Both Lockhart and Follman are new to "La Rondine." Follman was asked to learn the part of Magda for this production.
		"La Rondine" is one of Scarola's favorite operas, and he echoed Lockhart's sentiments that people will be blown away by the music.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635174254,00.html (882 words)

	La Rondine - Italian Club of St. Louis
		La parola deriva da "carnis laxatio" che sarebbe abbandono del carne o un comportimento casto.
		La bautta e' un capotto di pizzo col cappuccio si seta.
		Disse che la base di "Venezia" era il vano attentivo - la assurdita' delle pretese - tramite la media teatrale - la seduzione onerosa di venezia che e' un invenzione teatrale (un sogno)." e' un gioco continuo a riinventare totto, a mascherare pur di smascherare nel loro ippocrazia.
	www.italystl.com /italianclub/rondine/ronmar03.htm (1864 words)

	Guardian \| La Rondine
		La Rondine is something of an oddity among Puccini's works and many critics, deeming it slight, have dismissed it as inferior to the rest of his output.
		Much is made in the programme of its similarities to Arthur Schnitzler's plays - though a more useful comparison would be with the operas of Richard Strauss, Puccini's arch-rival, whose territory he was perhaps trying to invade.
		Like Der Rosenkavalier, La Rondine deals with the corrosive effects of time and truth on the relationship between an older, worldly woman and a younger, emotionally naive man.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5063840-110430,00.html (308 words)

	Alagna - La Rondine London 2002
		La Rondine was Puccini's response to the success of The Merry Widow and
		Rondine harks back to an age of operatic luxury that we had all thought
		It could be argued that La rondine is hardly worth such
	www.jcarreras.homestead.com /AlagnaRevRondineLondon02.html (5236 words)

	La Rondine vacanze al mare bolgheri e Castagneto Carducci
		La Rondine vacanze al mare bolgheri e Castagneto Carducci
		Ideal for a tranquil holiday in the heart of unspoilt countryside, the houses at la Rondine are situated close to cities of great cultural interest.
		This lovely tuscany apartment with it's private pool suits a numerous family or a group of friends.
	www.agritourism.net /larondine (177 words)

	Puccini's Swallow Soars - TIME
		La Rondine (pronounced Ron-dee-nay) is not yet a repertory staple.
		Her affair with Ruggero is a self-deluding attempt to recapture a lost moment from her youth, and in the last act, she realizes she has been acting out a fantasy, not conducting a love affair.
		Despite its frivolous trappings, La Rondine has a core of cynicism and bears about as much relation to Lehar as Ravel's fierce La Valse does to the waltzes of Johann Strauss.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,1074988-1,00.html (733 words)

	EASTMAN OPERA THEATRE PRESENTS PUCCINI'S 'LA RONDINE' (Site not responding. Last check: )
		ROCHESTER, NY — La Rondine (The Swallow), a splendid yet infrequently staged opera by the great Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, is Eastman Opera Theatre's spring production — and the first opera to be performed on the newly renovated stage of Eastman Theatre (60 Gibbs St.).
		La Rondine features two alternating casts of Eastman voice students accompanied by the acclaimed Eastman Philharmonia, conducted by Benton Hess, music director of Eastman Opera Theatre.
		For those interested in learning more about La Rondine in advance, the Friends of Eastman Opera will sponsor three pre-performance talks that are free and open to the public.
	www.esm.rochester.edu /news/?id=236 (544 words)

	The British Theatre Guide : Reviews - La Rondine (Theatre Royal, Newcastle, and Touring)
		He sings beautifully but he lacked a certain lightness of touch in the more romantic moments, although he came into his own when he discovers how he has been (by his lights) betrayed.
		It's not what one mighht call archetypal Puccini but it dserves to be performed more often than it has been.
		Opera lovers in the three areas to which the production moves (Hull on 26th May, Sheffield on 2nd June and Aberdeen on 15th and 16th June) should grab this rare opportunity to see it.
	www.britishtheatreguide.info /reviews/larondine-rev.htm (715 words)

	PlaybillArts: News: Photo Journal: Puccini's La Rondine at Dallas Opera
		This is, of course, the basic story of Verdi's La traviata — but Puccini explored similar terrain in his 1917 opera La rondine ("The Swallow"), which opens tomorrow night at The Dallas Opera.
		Puccini may well have gotten the more credible ending: rather than letting loose a powerful high note and then dying of tuberculosis, La rondine's heroine simply takes a wistful leave of her beloved, acknowledging that she can be a lover but never a wife.
		La rondine — a Dallas Opera premiere — runs for four performances: January 26, 28 and 31 and February 3 at the Fair Park Music Hall.
	www.playbillarts.com /news/article/5431.html (400 words)

	MUSIC VIEW; 'LA RONDINE' MAY NOW BE COMING INTO ITS OWN - New York Times
		And so, with disaster looming on all sides, ''La Rondine'' not only went ahead but turned out to be a triumph of the sort show-business movies are made of.
		No production of ''La Rondine'' is ever going to disguise the work's modest aim, nor should it.
		Obviously, the bittersweet and playful ''La Rondine'' cannot be expected to excite public fervor in the same degree as Puccini's essay in stylized cruelty, ''Turandot,'' which took its place in the repertory at the premiere and has never left.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03EEDB1038F931A3575AC0A962948260 (696 words)

	PlaybillArts: Features: Puccini's World
		Whether one regards Rondine as an oddity, or, on the other hand, as an underrated masterpiece, hardly anyone can deny that, at least at one point in the show, Puccini achieves one of the most arresting moments in all operatic literature.
		The war ended a year and a half after the debut of La rondine; the opera landed on a respectable spot in the second tier of the operatic repertoire, not one of the all-time hits but definitely presentable.
		Worse horrors than the "War to End All Wars" were yet to come; many members of the audience for the premiere of La rondine would live to see even greater bloodshed and terror than that which had rumbled in the distance on the night that Magda, Prunier, and Ruggero first appeared on the stage.
	www.playbillarts.com /features/article/5904.html (1656 words)

	Hotel La Rondine, Sirmione - Gardasee
		, si propone quindi come meta ideale per una indimenticabile vacanza ove poter abbinare al relax, la salute e la cura del corpo (per le vicine Terme) la possibilità di praticare svariati sport e ancora, all'insegna del divertimento, la possibilità di visitare i numerosi parchi situati nelle vicinanze.
		Les chambres finement meublées sont équipées d'une ligne téléphonique directe, de la TV satellite, de l'air conditionné, d'un coffre de sureté personnel et d'une connexion Internet.
		MAP - Driving Directions to: Hotel La Rondine
	www.gardalake.it /larondine (793 words)

	montrealfood.com: Reviews >> Trattoria la Rondine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A good spot for this is Trattoria la Rondine, an unassuming little Italian place with the well-deserved title of “hideaway,” as it nestles in near-obscurity on a busy corner of Cote des Neiges.
		It’s difficult to find at first, because it sits above the Café Republique (with which it is not affiliated,) but once you get up the stairs you wonder how you could have missed it.
		Tonight, it’s your choice of Zuppa del giorno, Antipasto della casa, “La vie en rose” cozze of escargots or a Caesar salad.
	www.montrealfood.com /restos/tratlarondine.html (559 words)

	Impresariaat Kaptein
		Thanks to the endless combination possibilities from duo up to sextet, La Rondine presents interesting and diverse programs.
		The name La Rondine means, the circle is complete; all six players have found each other.
		It is also the Italian word for ‘Swallow’, a bird that travels from one country to another, just like these musicians that came from England, Russia, United States and France.
	home.planet.nl /~kapte266/ensembles/LaRondine_en (258 words)

	La Rondine Tickets - Opera Broadway Theater tickets available now
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	La Rondine Tickets Fort Worth - Music Hall At Fair Park - Opera Theater tickets available now - Broadway Theatre & ...
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		La Rondine is performing at Music Hall At Fair Park in Fort Worth, TX.
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	Holiday rental / vacation rental Villa 'La Rondine' in Viterbo at VacationVillas.net
		Villa 'La Rondine' - Modern pool villa in calm layer close to the Bolsena Lake
		Through their proximity to the Bolsena Lake and the many beautiful cities in Umbria, Lazio and Tuscany, this stand alone villa is in one of the best places in order to discover one of the most famous parts of Italy.
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	www.vacationvillas.net /italy/holiday-villa-viterbo/p24690.htm (669 words)

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