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Baritone (+4)

Svatopluk Sem

Gianni Schicchi

Soprano (+1)

Doubravka Součková

Lauretta

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Jana Sýkorová

Zita

Tenor (+4)

Daniel Matoušek

Rinuccio

Tenor (+2)

Martin Šrejma

Gherardo

Jana Šrejma Kačírková

Nella

Bass (+3)

Jiří Sulženko

Simone

Baritone (+6)

Jiří Hájek

Marco

Mezzo-soprano (+4)

Katerina Hebelková

La Ciesca

Bass-baritone (+2)

Daniel Klánský

Pinellino

Set designer

Stage director (+2)

David Radok

Stage director

Costume designer

Costume designer (+1)

Zuzana Ježková

Lighting designer

Přemysl Janda

Dramaturge

Ondřej Hučín

Bass (+2)

Zdeněk Plech

Betto di Signa

Baritone (+2)

Miguelangelo Cavalcanti

Maestro Spinelloccio

Baritone (+1)

Jan Líkař

Guccio

Baritone (+3)

Martin Matoušek

Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Národní divadlo (National Theatre)

Tenor

Stefan Margita

Don Buoso

Conductor

Conductor (+2)

Giancarlo Andretta

Orchestra

Prague National Opera Orchestra

The historical figure of Gianni Schicchi had already intrigued Dante Alighieri, who even mentioned the fraudster in the famous epic poem Divina commedia: the medieval Florentine knight reputedly forged the will of the wealthy Buoso Donati, for which he was condemned to Hell. Yet Gianni Schicchi only became generally known due to Giacomo Puccini and his comic opera. The plot starts with the relatives of the late Don Buoso gathered to learn of their respective inheritances. There are rumours that he left the family in the lurch and bequeathed the largest part of his immense fortune to a monastery. Bypassing Don Buoso’s will thus suggests itself as a natural solution …  Is everything really as funny as Puccini indicates by his humorous, rollicking and brilliant music, teeming with his characteristic melodies, including the famed aria “O mio babbino caro”? What kind of people are the relatives of the deceased man?

And what was Buoso Donati like? Are Puccini’s characters just colourful figures from medieval Florence, or are we much more similar to them than we may think? And didn’t Dante overlook someone else in Hell, someone having a hand in the story? Such questions inspired the distinguished Czech stage director David Radok to create a brand-new, darkly comic opera, set at the time preceding Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and depicting the possible circumstances of Don Buoso’s death … He and the composer Jan Kučera have written for the National Theatre in Prague a piece whose story and music derive from Puccini’s renowned one-acter, while shifting the narrative into a rather different light.

Don Buoso / Gianni Schicchi

Cast

Gianni Schicchi
Gianni Schicchi

Lauretta
Gianni Schicchi

Zita
Gianni Schicchi

Rinuccio
Gianni Schicchi

Gherardo
Gianni Schicchi

Nella
Gianni Schicchi

Simone
Gianni Schicchi

Marco
Gianni Schicchi

La Ciesca
Gianni Schicchi

Pinellino
Gianni Schicchi

Betto di Signa
Gianni Schicchi

Maestro Spinelloccio
Gianni Schicchi

Guccio
Gianni Schicchi

Ser Amantio di Nicolao
Gianni Schicchi

Don Buoso
Don Buoso

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Don Buoso / Gianni Schicchi

Cast

Gianni SchicchiGianni Schicchi

LaurettaGianni Schicchi

ZitaGianni Schicchi

RinuccioGianni Schicchi

GherardoGianni Schicchi

NellaGianni Schicchi

SimoneGianni Schicchi

MarcoGianni Schicchi

La CiescaGianni Schicchi

PinellinoGianni Schicchi

Betto di SignaGianni Schicchi

Maestro SpinelloccioGianni Schicchi

GuccioGianni Schicchi

Ser Amantio di NicolaoGianni Schicchi

Don BuosoDon Buoso

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Gianni Schicchi
Gianni Schicchi

Lauretta
Gianni Schicchi

Zita
Gianni Schicchi

Rinuccio
Gianni Schicchi

Gherardo
Gianni Schicchi

Nella
Gianni Schicchi

Simone
Gianni Schicchi

Marco
Gianni Schicchi

La Ciesca
Gianni Schicchi

Pinellino
Gianni Schicchi

Betto di Signa
Gianni Schicchi

Maestro Spinelloccio
Gianni Schicchi

Guccio
Gianni Schicchi

Ser Amantio di Nicolao
Gianni Schicchi

Don Buoso
Don Buoso

Stage director
All programme

Conductor
All programme

Set designer
All programme

Costume designer
All programme

Lighting designer
All programme

Dramaturge
All programme

Orchestra
All programme