Award-winning film directors William Friedkin and Woody Allen join forces to create a new cinematic production of Puccini's trio of one-act operas.

Bringing fresh insight to Puccini's trilogy of one-act operas will be two Academy Award-winning filmmakers. William Friedkin will direct Il Tabarro and Suor Angelica and Woody Allen will make his opera debut directing Gianni Schicchi. Tony Award-winning production designer Santo Loquasto (who has worked on more than 20 Woody Allen films) will design all three operas. On the podium will be Music Director James Conlon.

Il Tabarro ("The Cloak"), the story of a passionate love triangle that leads to a tragic end, features Mark Delavan, Salvatore Licitra and Anja Kampe. Suor Angelica ("Sister Angelica") tells the heart-rending tale of a cloistered nun with a worldly secret, and it features some of Puccini's most meltingly beautiful melodies, including the poignant "Senza Mamma." Sondra Radvanovsky returns to sing the title role, and mezzo Larissa Diadkova makes her Company debut. Gianni Schicchi, a romantic comedy that takes a page from Dante, features Thomas Allen in his debut in the title role along with soprano Laura Tatulescu and tenor Saimir Pirgu, who make their company debuts.

MICHELE	Mark Delavan	View Profile
GIORGETTA	Anja Kampe	View Profile
LUIGI	Salvatore Licitra	View Profile
TALPA	John Del Carlo	View Profile
FRUGOLA	Tichina Vaughn*	View Profile
TINCA	Matthew O’Neill*	View Profile
SONG VENDOR	Robert MacNeil	View Profile

SISTER ANGELICA	Sondra Radvanovsky	View Profile
THE PRINCESS	Larissa Diadkova*	View Profile
SISTER GENOVIEFFA	Jennifer Black*	View Profile
THE MONITRESS	Tichina Vaughn*	View Profile
THE MISTRESS OF THE NOVICES	Catherine Keen*	View Profile
THE ABBESS	Ronnita Miller*

GIANNI SCHICCHI	Thomas Allen	View Profile
RINUCCIO	Saimir Pirgu*	View Profile
LAURETTA	Laura Tatulescu*	View Profile
ZITA	Jill Grove	View Profile
GHERARDO	Greg Fedderly	View Profile
NELLA	Rebekah Camm	View Profile
SIMONE	Andrea Silvestrelli*	View Profile
LA CIESCA	Lauren McNeese	View Profile
BETTO DI SIGNA	Steven Condy*	View Profile
MARCO	Brian Leerhuber	View Profile

CONDUCTOR	James Conlon	View Profile
DIRECTOR (Il Tabarro/Suor Angelica)	William Friedkin	View Profile
DIRECTOR (Gianni Schicchi)	Woody Allen	View Profile
DESIGNER	Santo Loquasto*	View Profile
LIGHTING DESIGNER	Mark Jonathan	View Profile
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR/CHORUS MASTER	Grant Gershon	View Profile

* LA Opera debut.

PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE:
One hour prior to each performance.
Pre-performance lectures are generously sponsored by the Flora L. Thornton Foundation and the Opera League of Los Angeles.

PRODUCTION NOTES:
New Production.
All three operas are sung in Italian with English supertitles.

Artists and dates subject to change.