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.
Lianna Haroutounian
as Georgette / Suor Angelica
Peter Kálmán
as Michele / Gianni Schicchi
Elena Zilio
as La badessa / Zita
Raehann Bryce-Davis
as
Benedetta Torre
as Amante / Suor Genoveffa / Lauretta
Adam Smith
as Luigi / Amante / Rinuccio
Roberto Covatta
as Il Tinca / Gherardo
Giovanni Furlanetto
as Il Talpa / Simone
Maxime Melnik
as Un venditore di canzonette
Annunziata Vestri
as La Frugola / La suora zelatrice
Raehann Bryce-Davis
as La zia principessa
Tineke van Ingelgem
as La maestra della novizie / La suora infermiera / La Ciesca
