Il trittico (The Triptych) is the title of a collection of three one-act operas, Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi, by Giacomo Puccini. The work received its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on December 14, 1918.
Around 1904, Puccini first began planning a set of one-act operas, largely because of the success of Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana. Originally, he planned to write each opera to reflect one of the parts of Dante's Divine Comedy. However, he eventually based only Gianni Schicchi on Dante's epic poem. The link in the final work is that each opera deals with the concealment of a death.
Cast:
Il Tabaro:
Georgetta - Renata Scotto
Luigi - Placido Domingo
Michele - Ingvar Wixell
Suor Angrlica:
Sister Angelica - Renata Scotto
The Princess - Marilyn Horne
Sister Genovieffa - Ileana Cotrubas
Gianni Schicchi:
Gianni Schicchi - Tito Gobbi
Lauretta - Ileana Cotrubas
Rinuccio - Placido Domingo
Lorin Maazel - conductor
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