Smith Center Presents!
Summerfest 2010
Music, Movies & Magic

Composer: Giacomo Puccini
- Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 2:00pm
- Jackson Theatre, Smith Center at Ohlone College
- Tickets $10
- Box Office / Ticket Information
- Movie running time 2:05
With Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu and Russian tenor Misha Didyk.
A thoroughly Italian work inspired by Viennese operetta, this rarely performed Puccini gem is all about love between a “kept” woman from high society and a naïve younger man of moderate means. Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
Ion Marin conducts La Rondiné in an opulent Art Deco production design by Nicolas Joël.
“[Gheorghiu’s] tone was strong but tender, with an irresistible blend of earthiness and purity…and when she lofted the high notes…[she] seemed to make time stand still.”
—San Francisco Chronicle.
Includes one 10-minute intermission.





