Giacomo Puccini - Il Trittico
2022Finding 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.
Acted in
Lianna Haroutounian
as Georgette / Suor Angelica
Peter Kálmán
as Michele / Gianni Schicchi
Elena Zilio
as La badessa / Zita
Raehann Bryce-Davis
Benedetta Torre
as Amante / Suor Genoveffa / Lauretta
Adam Smith
as Luigi / Amante / Rinuccio
Roberto Covatta
as Il Tinca / Gherardo
Giovanni Furlanetto
as Il Talpa / Simone
Maxime Melnik
as Un venditore di canzonette
Annunziata Vestri
as La Frugola / La suora zelatrice
Raehann Bryce-Davis
as La zia principessa
Tineke van Ingelgem
as La maestra della novizie / La suora infermiera / La Ciesca
Annelies Kerstens
as Suor Osmina
Raphaële Green
as Suor Dolcina
Karen Vermeiren
as Prima sorella cercatrice / Nella
Marta Beretta
as Seconda sorella cercatrice
Emma Posman
as Una novizia
Luca Dall'Amico
as Betto di Signa
Gabriele Nani
as Marco
Roberto Accurso
as Maestro Spinelloccio / Ser Amantio di Nicolao
Kurt Gysen
as Pinellino
Lucas Cortoos
as Guccio
Henri de Beauffort
as Gherardino
Gerard Lavalle
as Buoso Donati