Il Trittico: Paris Opera in Paris (original) (raw)

Opéra Bastille, Paris

Paris, Opéra Bastille — Main Auditorium

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About the Event

The Paris Opera performs Puccini's 'Triptych', perhaps the only work in the operatic canon to resemble the novella in the literary sphere.

Nothing seems to unite these three utterly different moments other than their very dissimilarity and Puccini's determination to ensure the clash of contrasts: a drama of banal jealousy unrelieved by any transcendence, a mystical and supernatural tragedy, a macabre and brilliant opera buffa. What can the banks of the Seine in early 20th century Paris have in common with an 18th century convent and mediaeval Florence? A memory of Dante, perhaps… the hell that is ever beneath our feet and human nature that is the same always and everywhere. Puccini's beloved intimism is shattered, showering its reflections on all sides: here, in three shards, is the great theatre of the world.

Program

Giacomo Puccini – Il Trittico: Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi

Program is subject to change

Cast / Production

Musical director Carlo Rizzi conducts this rare monument to Puccini's genius in Christof Loy's staging.

Performed in Italian

Carlo Rizzi, Conductor
Christof Loy, Stage director
Étienne Pluss, Sets
Barbara Drosihn, Costumes
Fabrice Kebour, Lighting
Ching‐Lien Wu, Chorus master

Il Tabarro
Libretto by Giuseppe Adami after 'La Houppelande' by Didier Gold
Roman Burdenko, Michele
Joshua Guerrero, Luigi
Andrea Giovannini, Il Tinca
Scott Wilde, Il Talpa
Asmik Grigorian, Giorgetta
Enkelejda Shkoza, La Frugola

Suor Angelica
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Asmik Grigorian ,Suor Angelica
Karita Mattila, La Zia Principessa
Hanna Schwarz, La Badessa
Enkelejda Shkoza, La Suor Zelatrice
Theresa Kronthaler, La Maestra delle novize
Margarita Polonskaya, Suor Genovieffa
Ilanah Lobel‐Torres, Suor Osmina

Gianni Schicchi
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano