Happy World Theatre Day! 🎭 🎶 On this day in 1917, Puccini’s La rondine had its world premiere at Opéra de Monte-Carlo. I love Magda♥️, one of the most beautiful but also challenging roles, happy to have had this beautiful production by Nicolas Joel built around me at the Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera and The Metropolitan Opera! With Roberto Alagna as Ruggero, Lisette Oropesa (love you♥️) as Lisette and Marius Brenciu (love you 💪💖) as Prunier, here at the Met! Enjoy music, especially

A month today until Puccini’s La rondine! 🎶 Prepare to be seduced by Puccini’s intoxicating opera, as you’ve never heard it before. For this one-off concert at the Barbican with Opera Rara, we’ll perform the newly restored final 1921 version of the score, conducted by Carlo Rizzi and starring Ermonela Jaho as Magda de Civry and a superb cast, alongside the wonderful BBC Singers. The cast includes Iván Ayón Rivas, Nicola Alaimo, Ellie Neate, Juan Francisco Gatell, Jessica Robinson, Julieth Lozan