Puccini : Il Trittico

Three one act operas
by Giacomo Puccini
Festival Puccini 2012 - Live Opéra de Lyon
Orchestra, Chorus and Children's Chorus of Opéra de Lyon
Conducteur Gaetano d'Espinosa
1. Il Tabarro
Werner Van Meechelen, Csilla Boross, Thiago Arancam
2. Suor Angelica
Csilla Boross, Natascha Petrinsky
3. Gianni Schicchi
Werner Van Meechelen, Ivana Rusko, Natascha Petrinsky, Saimir Pirgu
Il Trittico (The Triptych) is the title to a collection of three one-act operas, Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica, and Gianni Schicchi, by Giacomo Puccini. The work received its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on December 14, 1918.Puccini intended that the three always be performed as a set, and indeed was infuriated when they were separated, but today it is quite common to see only one or two performed in an evening. As a whole, Il Trittico is quite balanced. Il Tabarro, the first act, is very dark and brooding, full of the violence and grit associated with verismo opera. Suor Angelica, the second act, Puccini's personal favorite (and usually the one to be omitted if only two of the acts are performed), is an uplifting tale of religious redemption. Gianni Schicchi, the third act, is the most popular, a comedic farce full of greed and conniving.