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30 Jul 2022, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2022 Prom 19: Puccini’s Il tabarro

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Prom 19: Puccini’s Il tabarro
19:30 Sat 30 Jul 2022 Royal Albert Hall
Longing, loneliness and deadly passion: Puccini’s one-act opera Il tabarro crowns a colourful programme from the ±á²¹±ô±ôé and its long-serving Music Director Sir Mark Elder.
Longing, loneliness and deadly passion: Puccini’s one-act opera Il tabarro crowns a colourful programme from the ±á²¹±ô±ôé and its long-serving Music Director Sir Mark Elder.

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Life on a French river barge is tough, and for a young wife it can be lonely too. But in this closed and arduous world, even a dream of a better world can spark jealousy. Il tabarro is a side of Puccini that’s too rarely seen – a gritty, red-blooded drama of life on the edge, told with all his flair for melody and suspense. Who better to perform it than Sir Mark Elder, one of our greatest living opera conductors, and the orchestra that he’s directed for over two decades – the ±á²¹±ô±ôé. Natalya Romaniw stars as the lovelorn Giorgetta; first, though, Elder and his orchestra conjure up Dukas’s musical magic spell, and join Respighi amid the glittering Fountains of Rome.

(‘Il tabarro’ is a concert performance; sung in Italian, with English surtitles)

Broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Four on Sunday 31 July

Image: Sir Mark Elder © Benjamin Ealovega