Shanghai Opera Company
Zhang Guoyong, conductor
Kingman Lo, director
Giacomo Puccini: Three One-Act Operas Il tabarro / Suor Angelica / Gianni Schicchi
Il tabarro
Xiaoyong Yang (Michele)
Song Wei (Luigi)
Xintong Li (Giorgetta)
Il tabarro (The Cloak) is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on Didier Gold's La Houppelande. It is the first of the trio of operas known as Il trittico. First performance: Metropolitan Opera, New York City, 1918.
Suor Angelica
Xiaoying Xu (Angelica)
Rui Chen (Principessa)
Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica) is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an original Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is the second opera of the trio of operas known as Il trittico. It received its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on December 14, 1918.
Gianni Schicchi
Feng Zhang (Gianni Schicchi)
Huiyong Zhang/ Yufei Xiong (Lauretta)
Liming Chi (Rinuccio)
Gianni Schicchi is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, based on a story that is referred to in Dante's The Divine Comedy. It is the third of the trio of operas known as Il trittico. First performance: Metropolitan Opera, New York City, 1918.
The opera is best known for the soprano aria, O mio babbino caro ("Oh, my dear papa"), which has featured in a number of movies and other works.
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