Finding the right librettos was not easy, but one month after the end of the First World War, his triptych – the grim tragedy Il tabarro, the lyrical and sensitive Suor Angelica, and the comedy Gianni Schicchi – premiered in New York. Three different eras, three different settings, three different ‘colours’; though for Puccini, it is through the contrasts between them that the unity of the work is revealed. For his second time directing at La Monnaie, Tobias Kratzer preserves the original order of the pieces, while weaving them together to form a narrative whole, like a circle with no end. With a cast of artists from the extended La Monnaie family, Alain Altinoglu is the ideal conductor to meet the daunting challenges posed by this triptych.
Cast and Crew
Lianna Haroutounian
Georgette / Suor Angelica
Peter Kálmán
Michele / Gianni Schicchi
Elena Zilio
La badessa / Zita
Raehann Bryce-Davis
Benedetta Torre
Amante / Suor Genoveffa / Lauretta
Adam Smith
Luigi / Amante / Rinuccio
Roberto Covatta
Il Tinca / Gherardo
Giovanni Furlanetto
Il Talpa / Simone
Maxime Melnik
Un venditore di canzonette
Annunziata Vestri
La Frugola / La suora zelatrice
Raehann Bryce-Davis
La zia principessa
Tineke van Ingelgem
La maestra della novizie / La suora infermiera / La Ciesca
