The Opera
Giacomo Puccini
Il Tabarro - Suor Angelica - Gianni Schicchi
New Production of the Teatro alla Scala
Co-Production with the Teatro Real in Madrid
March
2008: 06 (20:00), 08 (20:00), 11 (20:00), 13 (20:00), 16 (20:00), 20 (20:00), 25 (20:00), 28 (20:00)
April
2008: 02 (20:00)
Online ticket sale closed

Running Time: 3 hours 45 minutes
A work in three dramatic steps by Puccini's theatrical genius, which goes from the cloudy verismo of a crime of passion with a gruesome variation (Il tabarro), through the suicide of a particular mother from despair (Suor Angelica), and to the sarcasm of the most exciting will forgery (Gianni Schicchi).
Il tabarro
Libretto by Giuseppe Adami
Suor Angelica
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Gianni Schicchi
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano
Conductor
Riccardo Chailly
Michele
Juan Pons
Silvio Zanon (25, 28 March; 2 April)
Luigi
Miroslav Dvorsky
Antonello Palombi (8, 25 March; 2 April)
Tinca
Carlo Bosi
Luca Casalin (25 March; 2 April)
Talpa
Luigi Roni
Mario Luperi (25 March; 2 April)
Giorgetta
Paoletta Marrocu
Isabelle Kabatu (25, 28 March; 2 April)
Frugola
Anna Maria Chiuri
A ballad-seller
Andrea Caré
A lover
Leonardo Cortellazzi
Sister Angelica
Barbara Frittoli
Svetla Vassileva (25, 28 March; 2 April)
Aunt Princess
Mariana Lipovšek
Anna Maria Chiuri (25, 28 March; 2 April)
Mistress of the novices
Alessandra Palomba
Sister Genoveffa
Francesca Sassu
Sister Osmina
Francesca Garbi
Sister Dolcina
Carla Di Censo
Nursing Sister
Dionisia Di Vico
First Alms Collector
Sae Kyung Rim
Second Alms Collector
Adelina Scarabelli
First Lay Sister
Anna Zoroberto
Second Lay Sister
Sabina Cacioppo
Gianni Schicchi
Leo Nucci
Angelo Veccia (25, 28 March; 2 April)
Rinuccio
Vittorio Grigolo
Michel Fabiano (28 March)
Gherardo
Luca Casalin
Carlo Bosi (25 March; 2 April)
Gherardino
Gabriele Bonini
Giulio Pagano (8, 20, 25, 28 March; 2 April)
Betto di Signa
Elia Fabbian
Simone
Luigi Roni
Mario Luperi (25 March, 2 April)
La Ciesca
Tiziana Tramonti
Mastro Spinelloccio
Giancarlo Boldrini
Ser Amantio di Nicolao
Andrea Snarski