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Giacomo Puccini - Il Trittico
Giacomo Puccini - Il Trittico

Giacomo Puccini - Il Trittico

La Monnaie, Bruxelles

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Runtime

173 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

15 March 2022

Country

Belgium

Cast

Lianna Haroutounian

Lianna Haroutounian

Georgette / Suor Angelica

Peter Kálmán

Peter Kálmán

Michele / Gianni Schicchi

Elena Zilio

Elena Zilio

La badessa / Zita

Raehann Bryce-Davis

Raehann Bryce-Davis

Benedetta Torre

Benedetta Torre

Amante / Suor Genoveffa / Lauretta

Adam Smith

Adam Smith

Luigi / Amante / Rinuccio

Roberto Covatta

Roberto Covatta

Il Tinca / Gherardo

Giovanni Furlanetto

Giovanni Furlanetto

Il Talpa / Simone

Maxime Melnik

Maxime Melnik

Un venditore di canzonette

Annunziata Vestri

Annunziata Vestri

La Frugola / La suora zelatrice

Raehann Bryce-Davis

Raehann Bryce-Davis

La zia principessa

Tineke van Ingelgem

Tineke van Ingelgem

La maestra della novizie / La suora infermiera / La Ciesca

Annelies Kerstens

Annelies Kerstens

Suor Osmina

Raphaële Green

Raphaële Green

Suor Dolcina

Karen Vermeiren

Karen Vermeiren

Prima sorella cercatrice / Nella

Marta Beretta

Marta Beretta

Seconda sorella cercatrice

Emma Posman

Emma Posman

Una novizia

Luca Dall'Amico

Luca Dall'Amico

Betto di Signa

Gabriele Nani

Gabriele Nani

Marco

Roberto Accurso

Roberto Accurso

Maestro Spinelloccio / Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Kurt Gysen

Kurt Gysen

Pinellino

Lucas Cortoos

Lucas Cortoos

Guccio

Henri de Beauffort

Henri de Beauffort

Gherardino

Gerard Lavalle

Gerard Lavalle

Buoso Donati

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