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Baritono (+4)

Svatopluk Sem

Gianni Schicchi

Soprano (+1)

Doubravka Součková

Lauretta

Mezzosoprano (+3)

Jana Sýkorová

Zita

Tenore (+4)

Daniel Matoušek

Rinuccio

Tenore (+2)

Martin Šrejma

Gherardo

Jana Šrejma Kačírková

Nella

Basso (+3)

Jiří Sulženko

Simone

Baritono (+6)

Jiří Hájek

Marco

Mezzosoprano (+4)

Katerina Hebelková

La Ciesca

Basso-baritono (+2)

Daniel Klánský

Pinellino

Scenografia

Regia (+2)

David Radok

Regia

Costumi

Costumi (+1)

Zuzana Ježková

Luci

Přemysl Janda

Drammaturgo

Ondřej Hučín

Basso (+2)

Zdeněk Plech

Betto di Signa

Baritono (+2)

Miguelangelo Cavalcanti

Maestro Spinelloccio

Baritono (+1)

Jan Líkař

Guccio

Baritono (+3)

Martin Matoušek

Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Národní divadlo (National Theatre)

Tenore

Stefan Margita

Don Buoso

Direttore d'orchestra

Direttore d'orchestra (+2)

Giancarlo Andretta

Orchestra

Ópera Checa de Praga

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.

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