from Act I of the Italian opera
La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto: Giuseppe Adami
Role: Magda, a demimondaine (a woman supported by a wealthy man), Rambaldo's mistress
Voice Part: soprano Fach: lyric soprano
Setting: Magda's house in Paris
Synopsis: Magda speaks to her friends about her youth and tells them how she ran off to a nightclub and met a man there. She wishes to recapture that intensity and passion that she encountered that night.