Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
from the Opera La Rondine
by Giacomo Puccini
Concert Band - Sheet Music

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Instruments
Soprano Voice
Voice Solo
Ensembles
Concert Band
Genres
Opera
Romantic Period
Composers
Giacomo Puccini
Publishers
Baton Music
Formats
Set of Parts
Score and Parts
Item Types
Physical
Levels
Grade 3
Usages
School and Community
Concert band Soprano voice and concert band - Grade 3

SKU: BF.BM898-SET

From the Opera La Rondine. Composed by Giacomo Puccini. Arranged by Marco Tamanini. Baton Music vocal series. From the Opera La Rondine. Full Score and set of parts. Baton Music #BM898-SET. Published by Baton Music (BF.BM898-SET).

In autumn 1913, the directors of Vienna's Carltheater commissioned Puccini to compose a Viennese operetta. After confirming that it could take the form of a comic opera with no spoken dialogue in the style of 'Der Rosenkavalier', 'only more entertaining and more organic', he agreed and composed in two years 'La Rondine' (The Swallow). The aria 'Chi il bel sogno di Doretta' is sung by Magda in the first act: At a cocktail party hosted by the courtesan Magda, the poet Prunier expounds his theories on love. He sings the first verse of his latest song about Doretta, who rejected a king as her suitor because of the value she placed on true love. He does not know how to finish the song, so Magda takes over and provides the second verse: she recounts how Doretta falls in love with a student.