Opera
Il Trittico
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Puccini's three one-act operas by the Met
Director
Gary Halvorson
Performers
Il Tabarro
Giorgetta: Maria Guleghina
Michele : Juan Pons
Luigi : Salvatore Licitra
Tinca: David Cangelosi
Talpa: Paul Plishka
Song Seller: John Nuzzo
Frugola: Stephanie Blythe
Young Lovers: Anne-Carolyn Bird & Tony Stevenson
Suor Angelica
Sister Angelica: Barbara Frittoli
The Monitor: Wendy White
Lay Sisters: Lisette Oropesa & Edyta Kulczak
The Mistress of Novices: Barbara Dever
Sister Osmina: Sara Wiedt
Sister Genovieffa: Heidi Grant Murphy
Novices: Anne-Carolyn Bird & Leah Wool
Sister Dolcina: Jennifer Check
The Nursing Sister: Maria Zifchak
Alms collectors: Jennifer Black & Jane Gilbert
The Abbess: Patricia Risley
The Princess: Stephanie Blythe
Gianni Schicchi
Zita: Stephanie Blythe
Simone: Donato Di Stefano
Rinuccio: Massimo Giordano
Ciesca: Patricia Risley
Marco: Jeff Mattsey
Nella: Jennifer Check
Gherardo: Bernard Fitch
Betto di Signa: Patrick Carfizzi
Gherardino : Jacob Wade
Gianni Schicchi : Alessandro Corbelli
Lauretta : Olga Mykytenko
Spinelloccio: Paul Plishka
Amantio di Nicolao: Dale Travis
Pinellino: Peter Volpe
Guccio: Keith Miller
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
James Levine (conductor)
Raymond Hughes (Chorus master)
Translated as The Triptych, this collection of three of Puccini's one-act operas received its world premiere at the Met in 1918. It is a fitting return then, that this shiny modern production reunites all three (they are often performed separately, a staging Puccini reputedly hated) and also comes from the Met, in an acclaimed production from 2007.
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Martin Campbell
Wed 21 January 2009, 13:42
It is hard to believe that some performances of Il Trittico actuallu omit Sister Angelica altogether. Why? I watched this on the last Sunday morning of 2008 and Barbara Frittoli gives a performance of Sister Angelica that I personally think will never be equalled. The emotion at the end has to be seen to be believed. Please repeat this soon. God Bless SkyArts.
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Geoff Cooper
Tue 31 March 2009, 08:24
I watched Il Trittico yesterday evening and was spellbound by the quality of the productions and the singing.Congratulations to Sky Arts for having the courage to present the series of Operas from the Met.More please,Bravo
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Peter Popper
Tue 31 March 2009, 20:59
All three operas were superb - special mention for Barbara Frittoli’s Angelica. Unfortunately the recording stopped short of the finish by 2 minutes and there were no cast lists etc.
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Robert
Sun 5 April 2009, 11:23
Wonderful performances. The Suor Angelica had me sobbing. It would have been better to have the full audience reaction after the opera rather than having to watch the scene shifters -such catharsis really helps! As usual, the American tradition of clapping when they see the stage and before the end of the opera was totally uncivilised. Those wonderful last moments of Suor Angelica were ruined.
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KJ
Thu 10 December 2009, 10:54
Have been enjoying the Met Opera christmas and saw this triple billl for the first time last night. Have to agree with Robert that the Met audience should learn to sit on their hands, at least at the sight of a set - thank goodness Maesto Levine didn’t start the music until they’d finished in the first two pieces, sad it wasn’t an option for the third - clapping at the first twitch of the curtain is an international problem though mores the pity. More new opera (and dance which is much less well served) please.
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