Celebrazioni Pucciniane

WHEN

November 9 - 11 - 12, 2023

WHERE

Teatro del Giglio, Lucca

Opening

  • Adagetto in F Major – 1881/83 – Scene 51 for a small orchestra
  • Scherzo for strings, Scene 56 – 1883
  • Prelude for orchestra, Scene 1 – 1876
  • “Amici fiori,” aria removed from “Suor Angelica,” 1918, for soprano and orchestra
  • “Ad una morta sc41 1883, for baritone and orchestra, baritone

SOPRANO:
Afag Abbasova

BARITONE:
Nicola Alaimo

Gianni Schicchi
(Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano)

Gianni Schicchi, baritone, Nicola Alaimo
Lauretta, soprano, Benedetta Torre
Zita, also known as “La Vecchia,” contralto, Anna Maria Chiuri
Rinuccio, tenor, Wang Chuan
Gherardo, tenor, Lorenzo Martelli
Nella, soprano, Anna Maria Sarra
Gherardino, boy soprano, Walter Zecca
Betto Di Signa, bass, Antonino Giacobbe
Simone, bass, Giacomo Prestia
Marco, baritone, Nicola Farnesi
La Ciesca, mezzo-soprano, Donatella De Luca
Maestro Spinelloccio, bass, Andrea Porta
Messer Amantio Di Nicolao, notary baritone, Andrea Porta
Pinellino, cobbler, bass, Han Xing
Guccio, dyer, bass, Alan Freiles Magnatta

ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:
Ivan Fischer

DIRECTOR:
Grischa Asagaroff

ORCHESTRA:
Budapest Festival Orchestra

Ticket Office:
Teatro del Giglio in Lucca

Thursday, November 9, 2023 (for students), at 5:00 PM
Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 8:30 PM
Sunday, November 12, 2023, at 5:00 PM