An Evening of Puccini: Gianni Schicchi & Il tabarro
Puccini
with the AVA Opera Orchestra
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
April 13 – May 14, 2016
FREE OPERA PREVIEW – April 13, 5:30pm at AVA – reserve here
STUDENTS
$10 student tickets are available for Haverford.
Students are FREE at Central Bucks South.
Gianni Schicchi
Conductor: Richard Raub
Stage Director: Tito Capobianco
Briefly mentioned in Dante’s Inferno, title character Gianni Schicchi plays upon the avarice of a dead man’s family to take for himself the large part of their inheritance.
Debuting in Philadelphia in 1918, Philly audiences have seen Nelson Eddy and Licia Albanese perform roles. The 2009 Opera Company of Philadelphia production featured AVAlumni Ailyn Pérez and Stephen Costello as Lauretta and Rinuccio.
Il tabarro
Conductor: Christofer Macatsoris
Stage Director: Tito Capobianco
Il tabarro (“The cloak”) was originally conceived as a companion piece for Gianni Schicchi in Puccini’s Il trittico (along with Suor Angelica). It is the second-most frequently performed of the Triptych and is often paired with Gianni Schicchi. Presented in the style of verismo (“realism”) opera, the story revolves around a love triangle of a barge owner, his wife and a stevedore.
The cloak that once warmed the barge owner’s young bride now hides a chilling secret for her…
Production Related News & Articles
- philly.com: “Two thirds of Puccini’s Il Trittico was almost enough.”
- theoperacritic.com: “A revealing new look at scorned Puccini”
Cast
Il tabarro
Michele – Jared Bybee
Luigi – Marco Cammarota
Tinca – Piotr Buszewski
Talpa – Anthony Schneider
Giorgetta – Vanessa Vasquez, JoAna Rusche
Frugola – Hannah Ludwig
Scaricatori – Ethan Simpson, Daniel Noyola, Jorge Espino, Anthony Whitson-Martini, Matthew White
Venditore di canzonette – Matthew White
Minionettes – Alexandra Schenck, Alexandra Nowakowski
Voce di soprano – Alexandra Nowakowski
Voce di tenorino – Matthew White
Lovers – Alexandra Nowakowski, Matthew White
Gianni Schicchi
Gianni Schicchi – Nathan Milholin*
* Mr. Milholin has been forced to take a medical leave; Ethan Simpson will perform the role of Gianni Schicchi
Lauretta – Karen Barraza
Zita – Allegra De Vita
Rinuccio – Alasdair Kent
Gherardo – Matthew White
Nella – Meryl Dominguez
Betto di Signa – Daniel Noyola
Simone – Anthony Schneider
La Ciesca – Alexandra Schenck
Marco – Jorge Espino
Gherardino – Aidan Barrow
Spinellochio– Anthony Martini-Whitson
Ser Amantio di Nicolao – Anthony Martini-Whitson
Pinellino – Ethan Simpson
* Piotr Buszewski will combine the roles of Pinellino and Guccio while Mr. Simpson sings Gianni Schicchi
Guccio – Piotr Buszewski
Buoso Donati – Bob Kravitz
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