Csilla Boross

A horrifying tale, Suor Angelica is the triptych’s second chapter. In 2012 at the Puccini Plus Festival, the Opéra de Lyon presented Puccini’s Il trittico over the course of several evenings. The plot is set in an Italian convent at the end of the 17th century. In a conversation among the sisters, they confide their final wishes to each other. After telling her own wish, Sister Angelica is falsely accused of dreaming of becoming rich. Damned, her life takes a tragic turn that leads to her death. This brilliant Suor Angelica stars Csilla Boross and Natascha Petrinsky framed by David Pountney’s cold and heavenly staging that recalls the white marble of 17th century convents.

A deeply-moving tragedy, Il Tabarro is the first chapter, a one-act opera that follows two lovers confronted by a violent, cuckolded husband. In 2012 at the Puccini Plus Festival, the Opéra de Lyon presented Puccini’s Il trittico over the course of several evenings.Carefully structured and with an action-packed plot, this first installment comes to life in a magnificent staging by David Pountney.

Live performance from Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, March 2011.

破けた衣服からこぼれるジャンヌの美しい乳房の下にはえぐれた内臓。死とエロスのコントラストが重厚な映像で写し出されている。地下病棟で展開するオペラはジャズのような不協和音を交えながら迫力を持ってカタストロフィーを迎える。血を流しながら高らかに歌う彼らは生者か死者なのか。監督は「この作品が新たなコンテンポラリー・オペラ映画のはじまりになるだろう」とコメントしている。