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Il Trittico
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 20, 2007
Closed May 12, 2007
Running Time:
3hr. 35min.

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http://www.metoperafamily.org

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

James Levine conducts Puccini's popular triptych of one-acts that runs the gamut of emotions. Broadway luminary Jack O'Brien directs and Douglas W. Schmidt designs.

IL TABARRO
Maria Guleghina is the faithless wife, Giorgetta, and Salvatore Licitra is her doomed lover.

SUOR ANGELICA
Barbara Frittoli sings the role of the tragic Angelica, delivering Puccini's famous aria of yearning, "Senza mamma." Stephanie Blythe is the Princess, Angelica's tormentor.

GIANNI SCHICCHI
Alessandro Corbelli sings the title role in Puccini's comic masterpiece of comeuppance. The opera features the composer's famous romantic aria, "O mio babbino caro."

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



Metropolitan Opera
165 W 65th St # 7
New York, NY 10023


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

It took Giacomo Puccini's Turandot several decades to establish a firm foothold in the operatic repertoire, but now it rivals the same composer's La Bohéme, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly in popularity. Two major catalysts for this were the Metropolitan Opera production of 1961, designed by Cecil Beaton and starring Birgit Nilsson and Franco Corelli; and the company's even more lavish 1987 production, designed and directed by Franco Zeffirelli, which is revived almost every season.

Now the Met has given us a new look at Puccini's Il Trittico as envisioned by a quartet of theater veterans in their company debuts: director Jack O'Brien, set designer Douglas W. Schmidt, costume designer Je[...]


Reviewed by Michael Portantiere on Apr 23, 2007

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