Ermonela Jaho, who sang the wonderful Suor Angelica at the Royal Opera House, returns to sing Magda in Puccini's La Rondine.
"Magda knows that she can’t be the kind of woman Ruggero needs. So
she tells the truth. In those moments, you can see Ruggero’s face change
with disappointment and shock. He is losing his dream, too. But he is
young, he might have a different future. So she sings tenderly, like a
mother soothing a child. ‘Quando sarai guarito, te ne ricorderai. Ti
ritorni alla casa tua serena, io reprendo il mio volo e la mia pena”......
"Magda a truly noble soul. She is strong because she could make that choice. She will be empty, a long, slow sadness in her life, but she also knows that Ruggero will be happy. That is the proof of her love. She doesn’t have a physical death, she doesn’t have a catharsis. But her pain makes her stronger and more mature.”
“Every time I sing this role, even in rehearsal, it takes a lot out of me. I need to be totally honest with my emotions. When I sing those last lines, I feel my heart and vocal cords pulling. If we are human beings, it’s impossible to become detached. Puccini closes the opera with pianissimo, but for me that is not a beautiful sound. It is the sound of Magda’s heart screaming from deep inside her soul.”
Read the full interview here in Opera Today
"Magda a truly noble soul. She is strong because she could make that choice. She will be empty, a long, slow sadness in her life, but she also knows that Ruggero will be happy. That is the proof of her love. She doesn’t have a physical death, she doesn’t have a catharsis. But her pain makes her stronger and more mature.”
“Every time I sing this role, even in rehearsal, it takes a lot out of me. I need to be totally honest with my emotions. When I sing those last lines, I feel my heart and vocal cords pulling. If we are human beings, it’s impossible to become detached. Puccini closes the opera with pianissimo, but for me that is not a beautiful sound. It is the sound of Magda’s heart screaming from deep inside her soul.”
Read the full interview here in Opera Today
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