Organization

Conductor

Stuart Stratford

Stage director

David McVicar

Set designer

Charles Edwards

Costume designer

Hannah Clark

Lighting designer

Ben Pickersgill

Choreographer

Andrew George

Associate Director

Greg Eldridge

Singer

Baritone

Roland Wood

Michele

Tenor

Viktor Antipenko

Luigi

Bass

Julian Close

Talpa

Mezzo-soprano

Louise Winter

La Frugola

Soprano

Francesca Chiejina

A female lover

Elgan Llyr Thomas

A male lover

Osian Wyn Bowen

A song seller

Contralto

Karen Cargill

The Princess

Sioned Gwen Davies

The Abbess

Sister Genovieffa

Gianni Schicchi

Lauretta

Zita

Simone

Rinuccio

Máire Flavin

Nella

La Ciesca

Richard Suart

Maestro Spinelloccio

Lea Shaw

Sister Zelatrice

Heather Ireson

The nursing sister

Chorus master

Susannah Wapshott

Repetiteur

Fiona MacSherry

Kristina Yorgova

Assistant Conductor

Derek Clark

Assistant Stage Director

Rebecca Meltzer

Sunyoung Seo

Giorgetta

Jamie MacDougall

Tinca

Sister Angelica

Zoe Drummond

The novices

Karen Murray

The Mistress of the novices

Catriona Clark

Sister Osmina

Jane Monari

Sister Dolcina

Grace Maria Wain

First alms sister

Christine Sjolander

Second alms sister

Sarah Powers

First lay sister

Sarah Shorter

Second lay sister

Julie Martin du Theil

Suor Lucilla

Frances Morrison-Allen

Suor Dispensiera

Gherardo

Benjamin Bevan

Betto di Signa

James Cleverton

Marco

Timothy Dickinson

Ser Amantio di Nicolao

Douglas Nairne

Pinellino

Toki Hamano

Guccio

Toby Hession

María Hinojosa Montenegro

First novice

Scottish Opera

Welsh National Opera

Orchestra

Orchestra of Scottish Opera

Italian

Il Trittico

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Glasgow

Theatre Royal

Il Trittico: Il tabarro (+2 More)

Public

Private

The Cloak

English

Approved

Three glorious operas in one extraordinary evening. World-renowned director Sir David McVicar brings Puccini’s epic triptych to the Scottish stage, a first f...

Il Trittico: Il tabarro Puccini (+2 More)

A new co-production with Welsh National Opera


World-renowned director Sir David McVicar returns to Scottish Opera with Puccini’s epic triptych – a first both for him and the Company.

A trio of one-act operas of love and loss, Il trittico runs the gamut from high drama and heartbreaking tragedy to devilish black comedy and farce. Il tabarro (The Cloak) sees a wife trapped in a marriage she yearns to escape, Suor Angelica (Sister Angelica) an outsider forced into a life for which she has no vocation, and Gianni Schicchi a dysfunctional family caught in the snare of a shameless conman…


'McVicar... fills [the stage], moment-by-moment, with fabulous colour and imaginative panache.'
– The National on Falstaff 2021


Puccini’s scores, including the favourite ‘O mio babbino caro’ in Gianni Schicchi, each boast their own vivid sound world yet all three operas fit together into a truly satisfying whole. Music Director Stuart Stratford conducts a world-class ensemble cast that features Roland Wood (Falstaff 2021 and Tosca 2019), Sinéad Campbell-Wallace (The Puccini Collection 2021 and Tosca 2019), and Aled Hall (Falstaff 2021 and Tosca 2019) alongside Elgan Llŷr Thomas (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2022), Francesca Chiejina, and internationally acclaimed Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill (Bluebeard’s Castle 2017).

With an earlier start time and a long second interval for dinner and drinks, Il trittico promises an opera event like no other and a rare chance to hear all three operas in one night as Puccini intended.

 

Kindly supported by Dunard Fund, The Alexander Gibson Circle, Scottish Opera's 'Play a Supporting Role' Appeal and The Scottish Opera Endowment Trust

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer