Contrast is the essence of Puccini's trilogy of one-act works.
Il tabarro is a tale of jealousy and murder between Michele, his young wife Giorgetta and her lover Luigi, set aboard a barge on the Seine.
Suor Angelica tells the story of the nun Angelica’s familial loss, sacrifice and suicide.
Gianni Schicchi is an opera full of trickery, greed and romance as a family dispute breaks out over a missing will.
Contrast is the essence of Giacomo Puccini’s operatic triptych, Il trittico. The one-act works that form the trilogy – Il tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi – range from gritty melodrama to life-affirming comedy. While each opera stands alone, the three come together to create a sense of a complete event, rich in textures and musical forms.
Director Richard Jones matches the eclectic range of Puccini’s music in a production of great verve and invention, moving from the grimy banks of the Seine to a children’s hospital and from there to a garish apartment in 1950s Italy.
Antonio Pappano
Lucio Gallo
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Ermonela Jaho
Lucio Gallo
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Giacomo Puccini
Giuseppe Adami
Giovacchino Forzano
Richard Jones
Ultz
Miriam Buether
John Macfarlane
Nicky Gillibrand
D.M. Wood
Mimi Jordan Sherin
Sarah Fahie
Lucy Burge
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