Third and final stage of the “Recomposed Triptych”, a project created in collaboration with the Puccini Festival of Torre del Lago. From April 23 to May 2 at the Teatro Costanzi, Suor Angelica by Giacomo Puccini and Il Prigioniero by Luigi Dallapiccola will be performed under the baton of Michele Mariotti, marking the debut of Spanish director Calixto Bieito with the Capitoline foundation. The new production features sets by Anna Kirsch, costumes by Ingo Krügler, and lighting by Michael Bauer. The Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma will perform, with Ciro Visco as Chorus Master.
Following Il tabarro / Bluebeard’s Castle and Gianni Schicchi / L’heure espagnole, Puccini’s Triptych is ‘recomposed’, celebrating both the centenary of Puccini’s death (in 2024, the occasion around which the project was conceived) and the fiftieth anniversary of Dallapiccola’s passing in Florence in 1975. The three 20th-century one-act operas were also chosen for their thematic resonance with Puccini’s own Trittico: the first pairing explored the breakdown of communication within a couple, the second dealt with family dramas, and this final juxtaposition highlights violence and the deprivation of freedom, expressed through religious fanaticism.
The title role of Suor Angelica will be sung by soprano Corinne Winters, alternating with Yolanda Auyanet (April 24 and 27). Completing the cast of Puccini’s one-act opera are Marie-Nicole Lemieux (the Princess Aunt), Annunziata Vestri (the Abbess), Irene Savignano (the Mistress of the Novices), Carlotta Vichi (the Novice Mistress), Laura Cherici (Sister Genovieffa), Ilaria Sicignano (Sister Dolcina), Marianna Mappa (First Lay Sister), Claudia Farneti (Second Lay Sister), Caterina D’Angelo (Second Conversa), and, from the “Fabbrica” Young Artist Program of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Jessica Ricci (Sister Osmina / The Novice), Maria Elena Pepi (Nurse Sister), and Sofia Barbashova (First Conversa).
The protagonist of Il Prigioniero is Mattia Olivieri. The baritone is joined by Ángeles Blancas as the Mother, John Daszak (The Jailer / The Grand Inquisitor), Arturo Espinosa (Second Priest), and Nicola Straniero (First Priest).