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Music on 2: Gianni Schicchi

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Puccini's brilliant comic opera.

Florence, 1299; Buoso Donati has just died. His relatives are horrified to learn that he has left all his money to the monks. Rinuccio calls in Gianni Schicchi, with whose daughter he is in love, to alter the will - which he does...

A co-production of Bayerischer Rundfunk with RM-Productions and the BBC

Contributors

Musicians:
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Eberhard Schoener
English sub-titles:
Gillian Widdicombe
Production, staging and costumes:
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Executive Producer:
Kurt Hoffman
TV Direction:
Hans-Joachim Scholz
Gianni Schicchi:
Renato Capecchi
Lauretta, his daughter:
Maddalena Bonifaccio
Zita, cousin:
Laura Zanini
Rinuccio, her nephew:
Ugo Benelli
Gherardo, nephew:
Walter Gullino
Nella, his wife:
Eugenia Ratti
Gherardino:
Wolfgang Goehner
Betto, brother-in-law:
Gianni Socci
Simone, cousin:
Federico Davia
Marco, his son:
Gheorghe Solovastru
Ciesea, Marco's wife:
Miti Truccato Pace
Master Spinelloccio, physician and Amantio di Nicolao, notary:
Egon Rossman
Pinellino:
German Remele
Guccio, dyer:
Ulrich Wagner
Source: Radio Times

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