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

Bogdan Volkov (Rinuccio), Ambrogio Maestri (Gianni Schicchi) and Serena Sáenz (Lauretta)

Eleonora Buratto (Suor Angelica)

Il tabarro

Michael Volle (Michele) and Anja Kampe (Giorgetta)

Suor Angelica

By Chanda VanderHart, 18 October 2023

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“a perfect Gianni Schicchi who imitates, mocks, preaches and presides over the whole debacle”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 16 October 2023

Puccini, Il tabarro

Puccini, Suor Angelica

Puccini, Gianni Schicchi

Vienna State Opera

Philippe Jordan, Conductor

Tatjana Gürbaca, Director

Henrik Ahr, Set Designer

Silke Willrett, Costume Designer

Stefan Bolliger, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Michael Volle, Michele

Anja Kampe, Giorgetta

Joshua Guerrero, Luigi

Andrea Giovannini, Tinca, Gherardo

Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Talpa, Simone

Monika Bohinec, La Frugola, La badessa

Katleho Mokhoabane, Un venditore di canzonette (a song vendor)

Ted Black, A lover (tenor)

Florina Ilie, A lover (soprano), Suor Genovieffa

Eleonora Buratto, Suor Angelica

Michaela Schuster, La zia principessa, Zita

Daria Sushkova, La suora zelatrice, La Ciesca

Patricia Nolz, La maestra delle novizie

Isabel Signoret, La suora infermiera

Anna Bondarenko, Prima cercatrice, Nella

Ambrogio Maestri, Gianni Schicchi

Serena Sáenz, Lauretta

Bogdan Volkov, Rinuccio

Clemens Unterreiner, Betto di Signa

Attila Mókus, Marco

Hans Peter Kammerer, Maestro Spinelloccio

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.

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