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World-renowned director Sir David McVicar returns to Scottish Opera with Puccini’s epic triptych – a first both for him and the Company. A trio of one-act operas of love and loss, Il trittico runs the gamut from high drama and heartbreaking tragedy to devilish black comedy and farce. Il tabarro (The Cloak) sees a wife trapped in a marriage she yearns to escape, Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica) an outsider forced into a life for which she has no vocation, and Gianni Schicchi a dysfunctional family caught in the snare of a shameless conman…
Puccini’s scores, including the favourite ‘O mio babbino caro’ in Gianni Schicchi, each boast their own vivid sound world yet all three operas fit together into a truly satisfying whole. Music Director Stuart Stratford conducts a world-class ensemble cast that features Roland Wood (Falstaff 2021 and Tosca 2019), Sinéad Campbell-Wallace (The Puccini Collection 2021 and Tosca 2019), and Aled Hall (Falstaff 2021 and Tosca 2019) alongside Elgan Llŷr Thomas (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2022), Francesca Chiejina, and internationally acclaimed Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill (Bluebeard’s Castle 2017).
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With an earlier start time and a long second interval for dinner and drinks, Il trittico promises an opera event like no other and a rare chance to hear all three operas in one night as Puccini intended.
The National on Falstaff 2021
Supported by Dunard Fund, The Alexander Gibson Circle, Scottish Opera’s ‘Play A Supporting Role’ Appeal and The Scottish Opera Endowment Trust
March 2023
Theatre Royal Glasgow 11 • 15 • 18 March 6pm Access Gianni Schicchi 16 March 3pm Festival Theatre Edinburgh 22 • 25 March 6pm Access Gianni Schicchi 23 March 3pm Running time approx. 4 hrs 1st interval 20 mins 2nd interval 40 mins Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Conductor Stuart Stratford Director Sir David McVicar Set Designer Charles Edwards Costume Designer Hannah Clark Lighting Designer Ben Pickersgill Choreographer Andrew George Associate Director Greg Eldridge
Cast includes:
Il tabarro
Michele Roland Wood Giorgetta Sinéad Campbell-Wallace Luigi Viktor Antipenko Talpa Julian Close Tinca Aled Hall La Frugola Louise Winter Young Lovers Francesca Chiejina & Elgan Llŷr Thomas Venditore Osian Wyn Bowen
Suor Angelica
Suor Angelica Sinéad Campbell-Wallace The Princess Karen Cargill The Abbess Sioned Gwen Davies Suor Genovieffa Francesca Chiejina
Gianni Schicchi
Gianni Schicchi Roland Wood Lauretta Francesca Chiejina Zita Louise Winter Simone Julian Close Rinuccio Elgan Llŷr Thomas Gherardo Aled Hall Nella Máire Flavin La Ciesca Sioned Gwen Davies Doctor Richard Suart
Pre-show talks, audio description and Touch Tours available – see page 15
