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Triple triumph: Puccini's Il trittico opens at Opera Australia

By David Larkin, 06 July 2024

A fine ensemble cast brings Puccini's triptych of one-acters to the Sydney Opera House stage, with stand-out performances from Lauren Fagan, Viktor Antipenko, Simon Meadows and Angela Hogan.

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Sydney

07 Jul 2024

Triple triumph: Il trittico opens at Opera Australia

By David Larkin

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Bucharest

A triumphant unity: Il trittico in Bucharest

By Peter Quantrill, 14 June 2024

The Brasov Opera brought timeless Italian virtues to Puccini's virtuoso fusion of music and drama at the Bucharest Opera Festival.

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Bucharest

17 Jun 2024

A triumphant unity: Il trittico in Bucharest

By Peter Quantrill

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West Horsley

Aleko on the Arno: Sir Bryn Terfel leads fine new double bill at Grange Park Opera

By Roy Westbrook, 06 June 2024

An unlikely pairing opens Grange Park Opera's season, the two works united by the dominant central character of each opera – Sir Bryn Terfel.

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West Horsley

07 Jun 2024

Aleko on the Arno: Bryn Terfel leads fine new GPO double bill

By Roy Westbrook

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Amsterdam

A Puccini hat-trick: Barrie Kosky directs Il trittico at Dutch National Opera

By Eleanor Knight, 03 May 2024

Barrie Kosky brings his trio of Puccini productions to a close with another triptych: Il trittico in a triumphant staging.

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Amsterdam

04 May 2024

A Puccini hat-trick: Barrie Kosky directs Il trittico in Amsterdam

By Eleanor Knight

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Prague

Puccini prequel disappoints at the Prague National Theatre

By Frank Kuznik, 09 November 2023

Adding a prequel to Gianni Schicchi mostly proves that a prequel isn't necessary...

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Prague

10 Nov 2023

Puccini prequel disappoints at the Prague National Theatre

By Frank Kuznik

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Vienna

Two-thirds of a triumph: Tatjana Gürbaca’s Trittico at the Wiener Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart, 16 October 2023

The first premiere of the new Staatsoper season is a qualified success, led by Eleanora Buratto's superb Suor Angelica and Ambrogio Maestri's masterly Gianni Schicchi in Puccini's triptych of one-act operas.

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Vienna

18 Oct 2023

Two-thirds of a triumph: Tatjana Gürbaca’s Trittico in Vienna

By Chanda VanderHart

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Liverpool

A comic collaboration in Liverpool: Sir Bryn Terfel sings Gianni Schicchi

By Peter Connors, 12 March 2023

Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall bubbles with a concert staging of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi with Sir Byn Terfel leading a cast of fine young singers from the European Opera Centre.

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Liverpool

13 Mar 2023

A comic collaboration in Liverpool: Terfel sings Gianni Schicchi

By Peter Connors

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Glasgow

Sir David McVicar's new Trittico a triumph for Scottish Opera

By David Smythe, 11 March 2023

Scottish Opera’s 60th birthday present proves a triumph, with outstanding singing from Karen Cargill, Sunyoung Seo, Viktor Antipenko and Roland Wood.

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Glasgow

13 Mar 2023

Sir David McVicar's new Trittico a triumph for Scottish Opera

By David Smythe

Munich

Puccini’s Il trittico: a successful revival in Munich

By Laura Servidei, 11 June 2021

Ermonela Jaho steals the scene as Suor Angelica in a very successful revival of Lotte de Beer’s production.

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Munich

13 Jun 2021

Puccini’s Il trittico: a successful revival in Munich

By Laura Servidei

Leeds

Last Rites: Puccini meets Stravinsky in Leeds

By Mark Pullinger, 16 February 2019

A daring double bill from Opera North and Phoenix Dance Theatre pairs Jeanguy Saintus' new choreography for The Rite of Spring with a revival of Christopher Alden's production of Gianni Schicchi.

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Leeds

17 Feb 2019

Last Rites: Puccini meets Stravinsky in Leeds

By Mark Pullinger

Glasgow

A perfect antidote to those January blues: Stylish, witty double bill at RCS

By David Smythe, 21 January 2019

Commedia dell'arte and zany surrealism: RCS opera school pulls off a highly amusing double bill of Gianni Schicchi and Les Mamelles de Tirésias with style.

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Glasgow

23 Jan 2019

Stylish, witty double bill at RCS

By David Smythe

Manchester

Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi in Manchester double bill

By Leighton Jones, 09 December 2018

In two equally impressive performances, students from the RNCM star in these two one-act operas.

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Manchester

10 Dec 2018

Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi in Manchester double bill

By Leighton Jones

New York City

Trittico's 100th anniversary and Domingo's 50th celebrated at The Met

By Robert Levine, 26 November 2018

All three operas in Puccini's triptych are strongly cast in this revival.

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New York City

27 Nov 2018

Trittico's 100th anniversary and Domingo's 50th

By Robert Levine

Munich

Kirill Petrenko and a luxury cast grace Il trittico in Munich

By James Imam, 14 July 2018

Petrenko's Puccini is bracingly alert, filled with colour and has a romantic sweep that is utterly transporting.

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Munich

18 Jul 2018

Petrenko and a luxury cast grace Il trittico in Munich

By James Imam

London

Brooding Tabarro and a humdinger of a Gianni Schicchi from ETO

By Mark Pullinger, 02 March 2018

A great return appearance for English Touring Opera's Puccini double bill opening its spring tour at the Hackney Empire.

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London

03 Mar 2018

Humdinger of a Gianni Schicchi from ETO

By Mark Pullinger

Amsterdam

Death in Florence: Zemlinsky and Puccini explore related themes at Dutch National Opera

By Matthew Rye, 14 November 2017

An unlikely coupling of one-act operas by Zemlinsky and Puccini bears fruit in a staging that reveals their thematic parallels while leaving their obvious differences on show.

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Amsterdam

15 Nov 2017

Death in Florence: Zemlinsky and Puccini at DNO

By Matthew Rye

Adelaide

What a contrast! Tragedy and comedy in a double bill in Adelaide

By Brian Angus, 31 August 2017

Manuel de Falla’s rarely performed La Vida Breve and Giacomo Puccini’s comic Gianni Schicchi are quite contrasting mini-operas, united by common threads of deception and the clash of class distinction.

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Adelaide

01 Sep 2017

Tragedy and comedy in a double bill in Adelaide

By Brian Angus

London

Jaho and Larsson break hearts, Gallo and Hurrell mend them in The Royal Opera's Trittico

By David Karlin, 25 February 2016

A blistering performance of Suor Angelica is the highlight of this strongly performed revival of Richard Jones' 2011 production.

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London

26 Feb 2016

Jaho and Larsson break hearts, Gallo and Hurrell mend them

By David Karlin

Los Angeles

LA Opera goes Hollywood in season opening double bill starring Plácido Domingo

By Matthew Richard Martinez, 12 September 2015

Zeffirelli excess and Woody Allen wit: Los Angeles Opera's season opens with a double bill of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.

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Los Angeles

15 Sep 2015

LA Opera goes Hollywood in double bill

By Matthew Richard Martinez

Madrid

Domingo steps in for Domingo: triple bill at Teatro Real

By Fernando Remiro, 30 June 2015

A series of cancellations resulted in an unusual triple bill: a rare Spanish opera, an impromptu concert by Plácido Domingo and Woody Allen's brilliant Gianni Schicchi.

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Madrid

02 Jul 2015

Domingo steps in for Domingo: triple bill at Teatro Real

By Fernando Remiro

London

All of life is there: Il trittico opens Opera Holland Park's new season in style

By David Karlin, 02 June 2015

Opera Holland Park give us a broad span of human joys and tragedies in an excellently staged and acted rendering of Puccini's Il trittico.

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London

03 Jun 2015

All of life is there: Il trittico opens OHP season

By David Karlin

Leeds

Comedy and tragedy: Opera North's Gianni Schicchi and La Vida Breve serve up a fine double bill

By Richard Wilcocks, 18 February 2015

Tragedy giving way to comedy – a recipe which still works, as demonstrated in Opera North's fine double bill of Gianni Schicchi and La vida breve.

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Leeds

19 Feb 2015

Comedy and tragedy: Gianni Schicchi and La Vida Breve

By Richard Wilcocks

London

Star of the future: Haobin Wang entertains as Gianni Schicchi at Royal Academy

By David Karlin, 17 November 2014

Royal Academy Opera's thoroughly competent Suor Angelica precedes a fabulously entertaining Gianni Schicchi, with a top drawer performance from Haobin Wang in the title role.

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London

18 Nov 2014

Star of the future: Haobin Wang entertains as Gianni Schicchi

By David Karlin

Edinburgh

Seriously high mischief: Gianni Schicchi is an Edinburgh Fringe delight

By David Smythe, 20 August 2014

Opera Bohemia bring the boisterous tale of Gianni Schicchi to the Edinburgh Fringe in a fun-filled hour of musical delight.

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Edinburgh

21 Aug 2014

Gianni Schicchi delights the Edinburgh Fringe

By David Smythe

Turin

The art of deception: Eine Florentinische Tragödie and Gianni Schicchi at the Teatro Regio, Turin

By James Imam, 21 March 2014

Vittorio Borrelli's double bill of Zemlinsky's Eine Florentinische Tragödie and Puccini's Gianni Schicchi had the audience constantly re-evaluating not only what is real and artifice, but what could be deemed virtue and vice.

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Turin

25 Mar 2014

The art of deception: Eine Florentinische Tragödie and Gianni Schicchi at the Teatro Regio, Turin

By James Imam

Vienna

Il trittico scores a hat-trick at the Theater an der Wien

By Zwölftöner, 18 October 2012

Following a string of misses, the Theater an der Wien emerges from its recent dry patch with a new production of Puccini’s triptych which offers a winning cast, the best playing heard at the house in months, and a smart production.

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Vienna

26 Oct 2012

Il trittico scores a hat-trick at the Theater an der Wien

By Zwölftöner

London

Zanetto and Gianni Schicchi: Opera Holland Park's Florentine Double Bill

By Francesca Vella, 22 June 2012

After their Mascagni debut last year, with L’amico Fritz (the composer’s first post-Cavalleria opera), Opera Holland Park have set out to uncover more music from the so-called ‘one-hit-wonder’ – still known to most for his smash verismo opera alone.

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London

25 Jun 2012

Zanetto and Gianni Schicchi: Opera Holland Park's Florentine Double Bill

By Francesca Vella

London

Fulham Opera: Gianni Schicchi

By Francesca Vella, 20 March 2012

Fulham Opera’s 2012 season is, once again, one dedicated to Puccini and Wagner. Last year, the company brought to stage Puccini’s Suor Angelica – the long-unpopular middle opera of his Il trittico – and the opening work of Wagner’s Ring cycle, Das Rheingold. This season, St.

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London

22 Mar 2012

Fulham Opera: Gianni Schicchi

By Francesca Vella

London

Pappano's Trittico makes a storming season opener

By David Karlin, 12 September 2011

Murder. Suicide. Grand larceny. Puccini's triptych of short operas, two tragedies followed by a riotous farce, always makes for an evening of variety, with the potential for many snatches of greatness.

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London

13 Sep 2011

Pappano's Trittico makes a storming season opener

By David Karlin

Paris

Puccini's Il Trittico at Opéra Bastille

By David Karlin, 27 October 2010

Puccini's Il Trittico, performed last night at the Opéra Bastille in Paris, is a unique item in the repertoire: a series of three one act operas with little to link them except the composer's conceit of what would work together in an evening. Each opera clocks in at something under an hour, and despite the relatively short duration, each has plenty of time to develop its characters.

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Paris

29 Oct 2010

Puccini's Il Trittico at Opéra Bastille

By David Karlin