PRESENTATION

The 29th of November marks the centenary of the death of Giacomo Puccini, a true musical genius, a unique and unclassifiable personality and a theatrical master whose operas are amongst the essential masterpieces in the history of opera, and his characters and heroines amongst the most famous and popular. To commemorate this anniversary, ABAO schedules Il Trittico in full for the first time in its history. Sponsored by BBVA Foundation

With death as the main thread, Il Trittico is a trilogy of three short operas: Il Tabarro, Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. Inspired by Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, Puccini wanted Il Tabarro, tragic and veristic, to represent hell; Suor Angelica, melancholic and lyrical, purgatory; and Gianni Schicchi, heaven, in the form of a comedy.

Vocally speaking, the three works are quite demanding for the singers who participate in them and this operatic triad features soloists such as Carlos Álvarez, Ángeles Blancas, Marco Berti, Chiara Isotton, Karita Mattila, Ioan Hotea, Stefano Palatchi, Ana Ibarra, Anna Gomá, Sofía Esparza and Itziar de Unda, amongst the 29 performers who participate in this true artistic “tour de force”.

Pedro Halffter, conducting the Nafarroako Orkestra Sinfonikoa, will be in charge of directing the intense and incredible orchestral language and the immense expressive palette, full of colours and textures, of three scores with a fast pace and enormous dramatic contrasts.

On stage, a great production by ABAO Bilbao Opera, signed by Paco Azorín, who presents the three operas in a creative manner, recreating three individual paintings with an impressive set design on the move, where lighting and projections play a relevant role, inspired by the Italian neorealism.


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Il Trittico conference 22 November'24 18:30 Universidad de Deusto. CRAI Sala Ellacuría

Speaker: Pedro Halffter.

Biography: Composer and conductor. He has been director of the Nürnberg Symphony, the Gran Canaria Philharmonic, the Seville Symphony and artistic director of the Maestranza of Seville. He regularly conducts important orchestras on prestigious international stages. Of his successes as a composer, the versions of Wagner and Ullmann stand out, as well as twenty of his own works. He has recordings for the Deutsche Grammophon, Warner Music and Warner Classics labels. He is a member of the Royal Academy of BBAA of Santa Isabel de Hungary of Seville.