| Giacomo Puccini operas |
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• Manon Lescaut (1893) • La bohème (1896) • Tosca (1900) • Madama Butterfly (1904) • La fanciulla del West (1910) • Il trittico (Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi) (1918) • Turandot (1926) |
“Il trittico (Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi)” by Giacomo Puccini
The Triptych (The Cloak, Sister Angelica, Gianni Schicchi)Premiere / date of written: 14 December 1918
The operas premiered at the Metropolitan Opera on 14 December 1918. The critical reviews for Il trittico were mixed; most critics agreed that Gianni Schicchi was the most exemplary of the three operas.
Libretti
| # | Language | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Italian
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Giuseppi Adami; Gioachino Forzano |
| 2 |
German
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Gerd Uekermann |
| 3 |
English
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Kenneth Chalmers |
original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto
Images
Audio recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra |
Label, Comment |
Buy |
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| 1975 | Michele — Ingvar Wixell, Giorgetta — Renata Scotto, Luigi — Plácido Domingo Suor Angelica — Renata Scotto, The Princess — Marilyn Horne, The Abbess — Patricia Payne, The Monitress — Gillian Knight, Sister Genovieffa — Ileana CotrubaÅŸ Gianni Schicchi — Tito Gobbi, Lauretta — Ileana CotrubaÅŸ, Rinuccio — Plácido Domingo |
Lorin Maazel London Symphony Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, New Philharmonia Orchestra |
Audio CD: Sony Classical Cat: 88697527292; LP CBS Masterworks 76563 CD CBS M3K 79312 (in Il trittico) |
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External links
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