RIČARDAS ŠUMILA
Conductor
MARTYNAS STAŠKUS
Conductor
Andrei Bondarenko
Michele, a barge-owner; Gianni Schicchi
Yuriy Yurchuk
Michele, a barge-owner
Sandra Janušaitė
Giorgetta, his wife
Kelly Glyptis
Giorgetta, his wife
Gregory Turay
Luigi, a stevedore
Alexander Schulz
Luigi, a stevedore
Rafailas Karpis
“Tench“, a stevedore; Song Seller; Gherardo
Mindaugas Jankauskas
“Tench“, a stevedore; Lover; Gherardo
Raimundas Juzuitis
“Mole”, a stevedore; Betto di Signa
Mindaugas Miškinis
“Mole”, a stevedore; Marco
Skirmantė Vaičiūtė
“The Rummager”; The Abbess; The speaker sister; The Monitress of the novices; La Ciesca
Lisa Chavez
“The Rummager”; The Princess, Zita
Evelina Volodkovič
“The Rummager”; The Abbess; The speaker sister; The Monitress of the novices; Zita
Tomas Pavilionis
Song Seller; Lover; Rinuccio
Edmundas Seilius
Song Seller; Lover
Monika Pleškytė
Lover; Sister Genovieffa; Lauretta
Ugnė Matukaitytė
Lover; Sister Osmina; La Ciesca
Viktorija Miškūnaitė
Sister Angelica
Gabrielė Bukinė
Sister Angelica
Jovita Vaškevičiūtė
The Princess, her aunt; Zita
Aurelija Stasiulytė
The Abbess; The speaker sister; The Monitress of the novices
Joana Gedmintaitė
Sister Genovieffa; Nella
Austėja Zinkevičiūtė
Sister Osmina; Lauretta
Julija Stupnianek-Kalėdienė
Sister Dolcina; Nella
Regina Šilinskaitė
Sister Dolcina
LIUDAS MIKALAUSKAS
Gianni Schicchi
Oreste Cosimo
Rinuccio
Arūnas Malikėnas
Betto di Signa
LIUDAS NORVAIŠAS
Simone
EGIDIJUS DAUSKURDIS
Simone
Regimantas Gabšys
Marco
Influenced by the success of Pietro Mascagni's one-act opera Cavalleria rusticana, c.1904. G. Puccini began planning a cycle of one-act operas. Various vicissitudes led to the final version being created more than 10 years later, and it was the last work completed by Puccini himself. Three one-act operas of different moods, combined under the name Il trittico (eng. Triptych) by Puccini himself, and performed on the same evening according to his idea, premiered in December 1918 in New York, at the Metropolitan Opera.
The action of the first one, Il tabarro, takes place in 1910 in Paris, on a barge on the Seine River. The opera is dark and brooding, full of dark violence and tormented love, closest to the verismo style. Suor Angelica – a lyrical drama, the action of which takes place in a monastery, in the second half of the 17th century. This was Puccini's favourite part of the Triptych, upliftingly telling the story of the redemption of past guilt, about the pure feelings of faith. The third, comical part Gianni Schicchi, became the most popular of all three operas and is often performed separately. Based on the plot of Dante, this opera is full of farce, intrigue and humor created by the main character, the famous Florentine con artist Gianni Schicchi.
