Il Trittico - Das Triptychon

In the organizer's words:

"Hell": Giorgetta and Michele have lost their child. Their marriage falls apart. Jealous of Giorgetta's new love for Luigi, Michele kills his rival.
"Purgatory": When Angelica becomes pregnant out of wedlock, her child is taken from her and she is sent to a convent. Only years later does she find out that her child has died. Angelica poisons herself.
"Paradise": The old, rich Buoso Donati dies and all his relatives speculate on an inheritance. However, Buoso has bequeathed all his money to the church. The clever Gianni Schicchi is to change that.
"Three deaths and a wedding" - this is how Puccini's "Triptych" could be described, based on a famous film title. First performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1918, the three one-act operas demonstrate the full range of Puccini's sensitive portrayal of people and almost cinematographically accurate ability to depict milieus. And with "O mio babbino caro", Puccini's last completed stage work contains one of his most beautiful arias ever. Pier Francesco Maestrini's fascinatingly opulent production, based on cinematic models, traces the three works back to one of the original texts of European cultural history, from which "Gianni Schicchi" also derives directly - Dante's "The Divine Comedy", with its parts "Hell", "Purgatory" and "Paradise".

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