BBC Proms 2022 : Dukas, Respighi & Puccini’s Il tabarro

Prom 19: Puccini’s Il tabarro , Royal Albert Hall Longing, loneliness and deadly passion: Puccini’s one-act opera Il tabarro crowns a colourful programme from the Hallé and its long-serving Music Director Sir Mark Elder. Programme Paul Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (12 mins) Ottorino Respighi Fountains of Rome (17 mins) Giacomo Puccini Il tabarro (55 mins) Performers Lucio Gallo Michele Natalya Romaniw Giorgetta Adam Smith Luigi Annunziata Vestri La Frugola Alasdair Elliott ‘Tinca’ Simon Shibambu ‘Talpa’ Shengzhi Ren Ballad-Seller Laura Lolita Perešivana lover Ryan Vaughan Davies lover Philharmonia Voices Hallé Sir Mark Elder About This Event 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-bloo