Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi (1918)

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Two one act operas by the greatest opera composer of all time. Tragedy to comedy, suffering to triumph.
In Italian, accompanied by piano.

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These are the two best-known one act operas of the trio of operas Puccini wrote called Il Trittico. The works received their world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on December 14, 1918. Passionate, emotional, tragic and funny by turns, these two gems of Puccini’s oeuvre are Italian to their core!

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2016 Production Photos

 

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Creative Team

conductor: Peter Oleskevich
stage director: David Mosey
collaborative pianist: Giancarlo Scalia
stage manager: JoAnna Black
costume designer: Kelsey Stanger
vocal and diction coach: Susan Boddie

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Performance Dates and Times

Performances at the Sir James Dunn Theatre at the Dal Arts Centre
(dates and times subject to change)
Saturday, August 6, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, August 9, 7:30 pm
Friday, August 12, 7:30 pm
Sunday, August 14, 2:00 pm

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Cast List

Role	August 6 and 12	August 9 and 14
Suor Angelica	Karina Bray	Lauren Estey
La Princepessa	Cecelia McKinley	Breanna Miller
La Badessa	Breanna Miller	Cecelia McKinley
La Zelatrice	Emma Bergin	Vanessa Breijer
La maestra delle novizie	Zoë Gotziaman	Meghan Hopkins
Suor Genovieffa	Zoe-Elizabeth McCray	Shafali Jalota
La sorella infermiera	Margaret Martin	Laura Johnston
Prima sorella cercatrice	Lauren Halasz	Jocelyn Molnar
Seconda sorella cercatrice	Jocelyn Molnar	Lauren Halasz
La novizia	Abigail Sinclair	Isabelle Carvalho
Suor Dolcina	Laura Johnston	Meagan Adams
Suor Osmina	Katerina Utochkina	Katerina Utochkina
Conversa 1	Meagan Adams	Margaret Martin
Conversa 2	D'Arcy Blunston	Dallas Chorley
Gianni Schicchi	Domenico Sanfilippo	Domenico Sanfilippo
Lauretta	Melina Garcia	Jennifer Sullivan
Zita	Meghan Hopkins	Katerina Utochkina
Rincuccio	River Guard	River Guard
Nella	Lauren Honea	Simone Hogeveen
Gherardino	Abigail Sinclair	Evan West
Gherardo	Patrick Simms	Patrick Simms
Betto	Dominic Williams	Dominic Williams
Simone	Ariel Lefebvre	Ariel Lefebvre
Marco	Chad Quigley	Chad Quigley
La Ciesca	Dallas Chorley	D’Arcy Blunston
Maestra Spinelloccio	Zoe Gotziaman	Zoe Gotziaman
Amantia di Nicolao	Emma Bergin	Emma Bergin
Pinellino	Lauren Halasz	Jocelyn Molnar
Guccio	Laura Johnston	Laura Johnston

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SUOR ANGELICA
Sister Angelica, a Florentine noblewoman, has been compelled by her family to retreat to a convent in Siena, following a youthful sin, and for seven years has in vain been waiting tidings from her family or friends. The abbess announces that Angelica’s aunt, the Princess, has come to call on her and warns her to be full of submission and humility in her conversation with the old lady. The Princess coldly tells Angelica that she has come in order that she may sign a certain act of release which is made necessary by the coming wedding of the nun’s younger sister. She adds that one course of action only is open to Angelica, and that course is lifelong expiation.

Finally, in answer to Angelica’s question, the Princess informs her that her child, “the baby whom she had seen and kissed only once,” had died two years previously. Thereupon Angelica, seized by a sudden frenzy, concocts a poison and seeks suicide. Seized by remorse at her act, she implores the Virgin not to let her die in mortal sin, and then a miracle takes place. The Mother of Comfort suddenly appears on the threshold of the little church, enveloped in celestial radiance; a blonde child walks in front of the Virgin, who, with a gesture of ineffable benevolence, gently pushes the the boy into the arms of his dying mother, while a choir of nuns and angels sings welcome to her.

GIANNI SCHICCHI
Buoso Donati’s relations are anxious about the property he may have left them in his will, which they search for and find, revealing that, as they had feared, Buoso Donati had left everything to a monastery. Rinuccio, who hopes to marry Lauretta, daughter of Gianni Schicchi, suggests that the latter should be called, for whatever help he can give. After due consideration, he proposes taking the place of the dead man, convincing the doctor, speaking from behind the bed-curtains, and a lawyer, who draws up a new will, making smaller bequests to the family, but leaving the major properties to himself, threatening the family with legal penalties if they reveal anything, since they have all been party to the fraud. Rinuccio is now free to marry Lauretta.

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