Giacomo Puccini's Il Trittico

Award-winning film directors William Friedkin and Woody Allen join forces to create a new cinematic production of Puccini's trio of one-act operas at LA Opera.

Bringing fresh insight to Puccini's trilogy of one-act operas will be two Academy Award-winning filmmakers. William Friedkin will direct Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica and Woody Allen will make his opera debut directing Gianni Schicchi. Tony Award-winning production designer Santo Loquasto (who has worked on more than 20 Woody Allen films) will design all three operas. On the podium will be Music Director James Conlon.

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Tags:

• LA Opera
• woody allen
• james conlon
• william friedkin
• Suor Angelica
• il tabarro
• gianni schicchi
• salvatore licitra
• anja kampe
• mark delevan
• sondra radvanovsky
• larissa diadkova
• thomas allen
• laura tatulescu
• o mio babino
• saimir pirgu
• lauren mcneese

[coryisawake]

Wow. Delevan is really impressive here.

[chrizosthemis]

He is my favourite mozartian baritone. look at another film with Allen as Schicchi (Tatulescu is Lauretta again, Sthephen Costello is Rinuccio)

[vladix31]

That is the wonderful Thomas Allen.

[chrizosthemis]

Who is Gianni Schicchi? I guest that he is Thomas Allen

[johndlabella]

Too bad the singing is so poor in quality.

[Jaydoggy531]

Will this be released on DVD any time?

[melomania58]

orrore!!!!! ignominiousGianni Schicchi

[pianofanatic18]

This production was fantastic!! Puccini's music was, of course, beyond amazing, and the staging was lovely (no surrealist garbage this time :) Woody Allen over-sexed Gianni Schicci, but that was to be expected. Best of all was Suor Angelica - Sondra Radvanovsky was fabulous in the title role and the end scene was indescribable. Haha at the climax when her son walks out, a college student behind me burst out "Oh (BLEEP)!!!" I came back the next night just to experience that one act again. :D

[BambolaLovesMusic]

It was a very nice performance,where withing a few hours I felt, anger, fear, cried( a lot), and laughted at the end. Saimir Pirgu was great in the last act.

[DeadCats]

This was easily one of the best operas I've ever seen and will ever see. The cast was outstanding and each new act outdid the one before. Perfection!