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Los Angeles Opera for June 27, 2009
11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: Il Trittico
Bringing fresh insight to Puccini's trilogy of one-act operas are two Academy Award-winning filmmakers. William Friedkin directs Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica and Woody Allen makes his opera debut directing Gianni Schicchi. Il Tabarro ("The Cloak"), the story of a passionate love triangle that leads to a tragic end, features baritone Mark Delavan, tenor Salvatore Licitra and soprano Anja Kampe. Suor Angelica ("Sister Angelica") tells the heart-rending tale of a cloistered nun with a worldly secret. Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky sings the title role, joined by mezzo-soprano Larissa Diadkova. Gianni Schicchi, a fast-paced comedy about relatives squabbling for an inheritance, features baritone Thomas Allen in the title role along with soprano Laura Tatulescu and tenor Saimir Pirgu.
Conducted by James Conlon and sung in Italian.
"LA Opera on Air," broadcasts were recorded live during the 2008/09 season.
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