Details

Three one-act operas tell contrasting stories of jealousy and murder, loss and suicide, romance and cheerful trickery. Three short operas; The Cloak, Sister Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. Cloak is about the violent outcome of an illicit love affair in Paris. Angelica is about a nun whose former life comes back to haunt her. Gianni Schicchi is a comic opera set in Florence where a family bribe a man to impersonate a dead relative in order to dictate a new will.

Cast/Performers

Cheryl Barker (Giorgetta - The Cloak), Bonaventura Bottone (Luigi - The Cloak), Peter Coleman-Wright (Michele - The Cloak), Anne-Marie Owens (La Frugola - The Cloak), Graeme Danby (Talpa - The Cloak), John Graham-Hall (Tinca - The Cloak), Rhys Meirion (Song Vendor / Lover - The Cloak), Suzannah Clarke (Lover - The Cloak), Cheryl Barker (Sister Angelica - Sister Angelica), Anne-Marie Owens (Princess - Sister Angelica), Suzannah Clarke (Sister Genevieve - Sister Angelica), Fiona Hebenton (Sister Dolcina - Sister Angelica), Rebecca de Pont Davies (Abbess - Sister Angelica), Susan Parry (Monitor - Sister Angelica), Catherine Savory (Mistress to the Novices - Sister Angelica), Claire Henry (Nursing Sister - Sister Angelica), Carole Marnoch (Sister Osmina - Sister Angelica), Alison Roddy (First Alms Sister - Sister Angelica), Rebecca Sharp (Second Alms Sister - Sister Angelica), Julia Melinek (First Lay Sister - Sister Angelica), Susanna Tudor-Thomas (Second Lay Sister - Sister Angelica), Deborah Davison (Novice - Sister Angelica), Andrew Shore (Gianni Schicchi - Gianni Schicchi), Mary Plazas (Lauretta - Gianni Schicchi), Rhys Meirion (Rinuccio - Gianni Schicchi), Anne-Marie Owens (Zita - Gianni Schicchi), Mark Richardson (Simone - Gianni Schicchi), Mark Beesley (Betto di Signa - Gianni Schicchi), John Graham-Hall (Gherardo - Gianni Schicchi), Julia Melinek (Nella - Gianni Schicchi), Leigh Melrose (Marco - Gianni Schicchi), Catherine Savory (La Ciesca - Gianni Schicchi), Graeme Danby (Maestro Spinelloccio - Gianni Schicchi), Graeme Danby (Ser Amantio di Nicolao - Gianni Schicchi)

Creatives/Company

Author: Puccini
Company: English National Opera
Director: Patrick Mason
Conductor: Noel Davies
Design: Joe Vanek
Lighting: Nick Chelton
Translation: Amanda Holden