Giacomo Puccini operas
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)
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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 Giuseppi Adami; Gioachino Forzano
2 German Gerd Uekermann
3 English

original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto

History

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Printed Editions

Year Edition Publisher Buy
2026 Il trittico / The Triptych: Side-by-Side Italian–English Opera Libretto DM’s Opera Series Amazon.com

Audio recordings

Year Cast Conductor,
Opera chorus and orchestra
Label,
Comment
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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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