Kiran Rajasingam joins the cast of Puccini’s La Rondine at Victorian Opera as Gobin and a chorister.
Puccini’s gift for mesmerising melodies captures the essence of romance and love at first sight between a Parisian courtesan, Magda, and her naive and ardent admirer Ruggero. Magda, a metaphorical swallow, is torn between the life she needs and the life she knows.
Puccini’s exquisite score is warm and sensually delicate. It vividly shapes the characters and choruses, evoking the beguiling essence of Parisian life. La Rondine navigates a spectrum of emotions from the gaiety of the City of Love, the bittersweet sorrow of regret, and the sensuality of young love.
Puccini’s late masterpiece, brimming with themes of youth, passion and heartbreak, will rekindle your understanding of what it truly means to be alive and in love.
August 8 and 10 at 7:30pm
Composer Giacomo Puccini
Conductor Tobias Ringborg
Assistant Conductor Phoebe Briggs
Director Stuart Maunder
Set and Costume Designer Richard Roberts
Lighting Designer Gavan Swift
Associate Designer Louisa Fitzgerald
Magda Kiandra Howarth
Ruggero Won Whi Choi
Lisette Nina Korbe
Prunier Douglas Kelly
Rambaldo Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Yvette Sarah Prestwidge
Bianca Michaela Cadwgan
Suzy Syrah Torii
Gobin Kiran Rajasingam
Victorian Opera Chorus
ORCHESTRA
Orchestra Victoria