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World-renowned director Sir David McVicar returns to Scottish Opera with Puccini’s epic triptych – a first both for him and the Company.
A trio of one-act operas of love and loss, Il trittico runs the gamut from high drama and heartbreaking tragedy to devilish black comedy and farce. Il tabarro (The Cloak) sees a wife trapped in a marriage she yearns to escape, Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica) an outsider forced into a life for which she has no vocation, and Gianni Schicchi a dysfunctional family caught in the snare of a shameless conman…
'McVicar... fills [the stage], moment-by-moment, with fabulous colour and imaginative panache.'
– The National on Falstaff 2021
Puccini’s scores, including the favourite ‘O mio babbino caro’ in Gianni Schicchi, each boast their own vivid sound world yet all three operas fit together into a truly satisfying whole. Music Director Stuart Stratford conducts a world-class ensemble cast that features Roland Wood (Falstaff 2021 and Tosca 2019), Jamie MacDougall (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2022 and Candide 2022) alongside Sunyoung Seo, Elgan Llŷr Thomas (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2022), Francesca Chiejina, and internationally acclaimed Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill (Bluebeard’s Castle 2017).
With an earlier start time and a long second interval for dinner and drinks, Il trittico promises an opera event like no other and a rare chance to hear all three operas in one night as Puccini intended.
Proudly supported by Dunard Fund
Supported by The Alexander Gibson Circle, Scottish Opera's 'Play a Supporting Role' Appeal and The Scottish Opera Endowment Trust
What the press said
'each opera hits a precise spot of local colour and human emotion' ★★★★★ The Telegraph
'stellar line-up of singers and nifty direction from David McVicar, was a triumph' ★★★★★ The Scotsman
'a staging of extraordinary accomplishment and cohesion' ★★★★★ The Stage
'operatic storytelling at its very best' ★★★★★ Bachtrack
'there are superb ensemble turns throughout the company' ★★★★ The Herald
'the orchestra plays with terrific dramatic colour' ★★★★ The Times
'the orchestra paint the kaleidescopic colours of Puccini’s three scores vividly' ★★★★ The Guardian
Creatives
Conductor
Stuart Stratford
Director
Sir David McVicar
Chorus Director
Susannah Wapshott
Repetiteur
Fiona MacSherry
Toby Hession
Kristina Yorgova
Language Coaches
Paola Quaglia
Pamela Recinella
Set Designer
Charles Edwards
Costume Designer
Hannah Clark
Lighting Designer
Ben Pickersgill
Movement Director
Gareth Mole
Fight Director (Il tabarro)
Raymond Short
Associate Director
Greg Eldridge
Assistant Conductor
Derek Clark
Assistant Director
Rebecca Meltzer
Surtitles
Jonathan Burton
Cast: Il tabarro
Michele, a barge owner
Roland Wood
Giorgetta, his wife
Sunyoung Seo
Luigi, a stevedore
Viktor Antipenko
Talpa, a stevedore
Julian Close
Tinca, a stevedore
Jamie MacDougall
La Frugola, Talpa’s wife
Louise Winter
Song Seller
Osian Wyn Bowen
Young Lovers
Francesca Chiejina
Elgan Llŷr Thomas
Street Walker
Grace Maria Wain
Midinettes
Esther Mallett
Emily Mitchell
Jane Monari
Sarah Power
Sarah Shorter
Organ grinder
Keith MacPherson
Stevedores
Jamie Francis
Allan Othieno
The Tenors and Basses of
the Chorus of Il trittico
Cast: Suor Angelica
Sister Angelica, a nun
Sunyoung Seo
The Princess, her aunt
Karen Cargill
The Abbess
Sioned Gwen Davies
Sister Genovieffa
Francesca Chiejina
Mistress of Novices
Karen Murray
Novice
Zoe Drummond
The Sister Monitor
Lea Shaw
Sister Osmina
Catriona Clark
Sister Dolcina
Jane Monari
The Infirmary Sister
Heather Ireson
First Alms Sister
Grace Maria Wain
Second Alms Sister
Christine Sjolander
First Postulant
Sarah Power
Second Postulant
Sarah Shorter
Sister Lucilla
Julie Martin-Carter
The Sister Housekeeper
Frances Morrison-Allen
Nuns of the Convent
Aline Giaux
Amy Strachan
Daisy Henderson
Unmarried Mothers
Esther Mallett
Rachael Brimley
Emily Mitchell
Cliona Cassidy
Chauffeur
Jamie Francis
Delivery Men
Allan Othieno
Keith MacPherson
Young Child
Oliver Stout /
Matias Montenegro /
Jack Cooper
The Chorus of Il trittico
Cast: Gianni Schicchi
Gianni Schicchi, a self-made man
Roland Wood
Lauretta, his daughter
Francesca Chiejina
Buoso Donati, on his deathbed
Keith MacPherson
Zita, Buoso’s cousin
Louise Winter
Rinuccio, Zita’s nephew
Elgan Llŷr Thomas
Simone, Buoso’s cousin
Julian Close
Marco, Simone’s son
James Cleverton
La Ciesca, Marco’s wife
Sioned Gwen Davies
Gherardo, Buoso’s nephew
Jamie MacDougall
Nella, Gherardo’s wife
Máire Flavin
Betto di Signa, Buoso’s brother-in-law
Benjamin Bevan
Gherardino, Gherardo and Nella’s son
Liam Keary /
Magnus Holden
Maestro Spinelloccio, a physician
Richard Suart
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, a notary
Timothy Dickinson
Pinellino, a cobbler
Douglas Nairne
Guccio, a dyer
Toki Hamano
Chorus
Rachael Brimley
Catriona Clark
Cliona Cassidy
Zoe Drummond
Aline Giaux
Daisy Henderson
Esther Mallett
Emily Mitchell
Frances Morrison-Allen
Sarah Power
Amy Strachan
Heather Ireson
Julie Martin-Carter
Jane Monari
Karen Murray
Lea Shaw
Sarah Shorter
Christine Sjolander
Grace Wain
Raymond Armstrong
Matthew Kimble
Declan McCusker
Christian Schneeberger
Fraser Simpson
Osian Wyn Bowen
Paul Anwyl
Francis Church
Phil Gault
Toki Hamano
Jonathan Kennedy
Douglas Nairne
Jonathan Sedgwick
Watch
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On stage
Sunyoung Seo and Roland Wood in the Dress Rehearsal of Il tabarro. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit James Glossop.
Viktor Antipenko, Allan Othieno, Sunyoung Seo and Keith MacPherson in the dress rehearsal of Il tabarro. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit James Glossop.
The cast of Suor Angelica in the dress rehearsal. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit James Glossop.
Francesca Chiejina in the dress rehearsal of Suor Angelica. Credit James Glossop.
Sunyoung Seo and Karen Cargill in the dress rehearsal of Suor Angelica. Credit James Glossop.
The cast of Gianni Schicchi at the Dress Rehearsal. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit James Glossop. (2)
The cast of Gianni Schicchi at the Dress Rehearsal. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit James Glossop.
The cast of Gianni Schicchi at the Dress Rehearsal. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit James Glossop. (3)
In rehearsals
Jamie Macdougall and Sunyoung Seo in rehearsals for Il tabarro. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
Louise Winter and Sunyoung Seo in rehearsals for Il tabarro. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
Sunyoung Seo and Jamie Macdougall in rehearsals for Il tabarro. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
Roland Wood and Sunyoung Seo in rehearsals for Il tabarro. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
Sunyoung Seo and Roland Wood in rehearsals for Il tabarro. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
The cast of Il tabarro in rehearsals. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
Viktor Antipenko and Sunyoung Seo in rehearsals for Il tabarro. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
Sunyoung Seo as Suor Angelica during rehearsals. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
The cast of Suor Angelica in rehearsals. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
Sunyoung Seo as Suor Angelica during rehearsals. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden. (3)
The cast of Sour Angelica in rehearsals. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden. (2)
Sunyoung Seo as Suor Angelica during rehearsals. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
Sunyoung Seo as Suor Angelica during rehearsals. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
The cast of Gianni Schicchi in rehearsals. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
The cast of Gianni Schicchi in rehearsals. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
The cast of Gianni Schicchi in rehearsals. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
The cast of Gianni Schicchi in rehearsals. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
The cast of Gianni Schicchi in rehearsals. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden
The cast of Gianni Schicchi in rehearsals. Scottish Opera 2023. Credit Julie Howden. (7)