Suor Angelica / L'Enfant et les sortilèges

As the third pairing in our double bill series, our 2023/2024 season will open with Puccini's Suor Angelica and Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges. Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica) is the second work in Il trittico, a collection of three one-act operas from Puccini's later years. Performed with only female singers except for the mixed chorus in the final scene, this work captures a remarkably religious and lyrical atmosphere. For approximately 50 minutes, peaceful scenes of the convent nuns, the tense interaction between Angelica and her aunt, the Princess, that dramatically turns into tragedy, and scenes of mysterious miracles, all develop through Puccini's distinctively eloquent orchestration.