Petrenko and a luxury cast grace Il trittico in Munich

By James Imam, 18 July 2018

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“creating a sense of claustrophobia and cranking up the psychological tension”

Reviewed at Nationaltheater, Munich on 14 July 2018

Puccini, Il tabarro

Puccini, Suor Angelica

Puccini, Gianni Schicchi

Bavarian State Opera

Kirill Petrenko, Conductor

Lotte de Beer, Director

Bernhard Hammer, Set Designer

Jorine van Beek, Costume Designer

Wolfgang Koch, Michele

Eva-Maria Westbroek, Giorgetta

Yonghoon Lee, Luigi

Kevin Conners, Tinca

Martin Snell, Talpa, Simone

Claudia Mahnke, La Frugola, La badessa

Dean Power, Un venditore di canzonette (a song vendor), Gherardo

Rosa Feola, A lover (soprano), Lauretta

Pavol Breslik, A lover (tenor), Rinuccio

Ermonela Jaho, Suor Angelica

Michaela Schuster, La zia principessa, Zita

Helena Zubanovich, La suora zelatrice

Jennifer Johnston, La maestra delle novizie, La Ciesca

Anna El-Khashem, Suor Genovieffa

Paula Iancic, Suor Dolcina

Alyona Abramowa, La suora infermiera

Ambrogio Maestri, Gianni Schicchi

Selene Zanetti, Nella

Christian Rieger, Betto di Signa

Sean Michael Plumb, Marco

Donato di Stefano, Maestro Spinelloccio

Andrea Borghini, Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Milan Siljanov, Pinellino

Boris Prýgl, Guccio

Paul Riedel, Gherardino

Alex Brok, Lighting Designer

Sören Eckhoff, Choirmaster / chorus director

Malte Krasting, Dramaturgy

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

Kirill Petrenko and a luxury cast grace Il trittico in Munich