83. La Rondine

First performance: 27 March 1917 at the Opéra de Monte Carlo.
Cast: Gilda Dalla Rizza (Magda), Ines Maria Ferraris (Lisette), Tito Schipa (Ruggero), Francesco Dominici (Prunier), Gustave Huberdeau (Rambaldo); conductor: Gino Marinuzzi.

First performance of the second version (“II. edizione”): 10 April 1920 at the Teatro Massimo, Palermo.
Cast: Linda Cannetti (Magda), Thea Vitulli (Lisette), Ferdinando Ciniselli (Ruggero), Salvatore Persichetti (Prunier), Guglielmo Niola (Rambaldo); conductor: Vittorio Gui.

First performance of the second version in German: 9 October 1920 at the Volksoper, Vienna.
Cast: Hedwig von Debicka (Magda), Rosl Wagschal (Lisette), Miguel Fleta (Ruggero), Joseph Hagen (Prunier), August Markowsky (Rambaldo); conductor: Pietro Stermich de Valcrociata.

Possible first performance of the third version (“III. edizione”, see NOTES): 11 April 1924 at the Teatro Verdi, Fiume (Rijeka).
Cast: Linda Cannetti (Magda), Lidia Garinska (Lisette), Agostino Capuzzo (Ruggero), Carlo Bonfanti (Prunier), Antonio Alessandri (Rambaldo); conductor: Umberto Berrettoni.

First performance of portions of the third version (i.e. parts of Act 3 in an orchestration devised by Lorenzo Ferrero; see NOTES): 22 March 1994 at the Teatro Regio, Turin.
Cast: Nelly Miricioiu (Magda), Silvia Gavarotti (Lisette), José Cura (Ruggero), Iorio Zennaro (Prunier), Roberto De Candia (Rambaldo); conductor: Donato Renzetti.

Magda (Soprano)
Lisette (Soprano)
Ruggero (Tenor)
Prunier (Tenor; in the “II. edizione”: Baritone) Rambaldo (Baritone)
Périchaud (Baritone or Bass)
Gobin (Tenor)
Crébillon (Bass or Baritone)
Ivette (Soprano)
Bianca (Soprano)
Suzy (Mezzo-soprano)
Un Maggiordomo (Bass)
Un Cantore (Soprano)
Fleury (Soprano) (only in the “III. edizione”)
Mariette (Mezzo-soprano) (only in the “III. edizione”)
Rorò (Mezzo-soprano) (only in the “III. edizione”)

Chorus: Soprano I, II, Tenor I, II, Bass I, II.

Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English horn, 2 Clarinets, Bass clarinet, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Bass trombone, Harp, Glockenspiel, Celesta, Timpani, Bass drum, Cymbals, Triangle, Drum, Piano, Bells, Bass carillon (Campanello speciale = Carillon basso), Strings.

Hopkinson 1968, 35-42; Mandelli 1975; Gherardi 1977, 301-05; Fenice 1983; Mandelli 1987; Kaye 1987, 173-96; Schickling 1989, 283-300; Ferrero 1993; Budden 1994; Mandelli 1994; Girardi 1995, 328-64; Fairtile 1996; Schickling 1999; Budden 2002, 332-69.