Organization

Admin

Opera Australia

Conductor

Lidiya Yankovskaya

Stage director

Constantine Costi

Imara Savage

Shaun Rennie

Costume designer

Michael Hankin

Lighting designer

Verity Hampson

Singer

Baritone

Simon Meadows

Michele

Soprano

Olivia Cranwell

Giorgetta

Lauren Fagan

Sister Angelica

Contralto

Angela Hogan

The Princess

Orchestra

Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Others

Opera Australia Chorus

Gianni Schicchi

Stacey Alleaume

Lauretta

Tenor

Tomas Dalton

Rinuccio

Viktor Antipenko

Luigi

Mezzo-soprano

La Frugola

Bass

Richard Anderson

Talpa

Virgilio Marino

Tinca

Iain Henderson

A song seller

A female lover

A male lover

Adele Johnston

The Abbess

Sian Sharp

Sister Zelatrice

Helen Sherman

The Mistress of the novices

Sister Genovieffa

Leah Thomas

Sister Osmina

Kathryn Williams

Sister Dolcina

Louise Keast

First novice

Nicole Smeulders

First lay sister

Jennifer Bonner

First alms sister

Zita

Kanen Breen

Gherardo

Jane Ede

Nella

Simone

La Ciesca

David Parkin

Betto di Signa

Alexander Hargreaves

Marco

Clifford Plumpton

Maestro Spinelloccio

Tom Hamilton

Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Anthony Mackey

Pinellino

Paull-Anthony Keightley

Guccio

Italian

Il Trittico

Sydney City

Australia

Sydney Opera House

Joan Sutherland Theatre

Il Trittico: Il tabarro Puccini (+2 More)

Public

The Cloak

English

Approved

Il Trittico is an operatic treat: a rare chance to see three short operas in one night.Love, lies and death permeate the gritty melodrama of Il Tabarro, the ...

Desperation. Despair. Deception.
Il Trittico is an operatic treat: a rare chance to see three one-act operas performed together. Here is a brilliant composer reaching for greatness. Always seeking human stories, Puccini wanted to explore contrast, pouring his talent into the gritty melodrama of Il Tabarro, the intimate tragedy of Suor Angelica and the surprising satire of Gianni Schicchi.

The audience is the winner, with a triple helping of Puccini’s sumptuous orchestral writing, famous arias (‘O mio babbino caro’ is so famous you know it even if you think you don’t) and the witty, tight ensemble singing of the best comedies.

Love, lies and death permeate all three stories, which take you on a journey from dark to light. There are gleams and shadows in the thrilling drama in Il Tabarro, where a miserable marriage ends in murder. Suor Angelica’s tale of a woman forced into a convent is renowned for its music of cinematic intensity – but Puccini doesn’t leave you in the devastation. To finish, Gianni Schicchi’s sparkling music is controlled comedic chaos: a rollicking opera about greed, cunning and youth.

With each opera presenting its own significant demands, Puccini’s triptych is rarely performed together. This is your chance to revel in everything opera has to offer, all at once.

See a new generation of Australian creative talent take their turn at Puccini: three outstanding directors with stories to tell. Constantine Costi, Imara Savage and Shaun Rennie are all making names for themselves in the Sydney opera and theatre scene. Thrilling young conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya makes her Sydney Opera House debut.

You’ll see a feast of Australian operatic talent, including Opera Australia regulars and singers returning home from successful seasons overseas. Soprano Lauren Fagan makes her Opera Australia debut singing the title role in Suor Angelica. Simon Meadows plays the conniving Gianni Schicchi, along with Il Tabarro’s Michele. And Stacey Alleaume appears across all three operas and sings the timeless ‘O mio babbino caro’ as Lauretta.
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