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Puccini's Il Trittico

Antonio Pappano

Alison Grist

Puccini's Il Trittico: Episode 2: Suor Angelica

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Suor Angelica

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Episode 2: Suor Angelica

BBC Four - Puccini's Il Trittico, Suor Angelica

A tragic tale of love, loss and religious redemption set in 17th-century Sienna.

Antonio Pappano introduces and conducts Puccini's short one-act opera at the Royal Opera House, a tragic tale of love, loss and religious redemption set in 17th-century Sienna.

Antonio Pappano introduces and conducts this short one-act opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, a tragic tale of love, loss and religious redemption set in 17th-century Sienna, which was Puccini's favourite opera from his trilogy Il Trittico. The setting is a Catholic children's hospital run by nuns, where Sister Angelica has become an expert herbalist creating remedies for the sick. She is much loved yet hiding a deep secret and over the course of the work Puccini gradually tightens the emotional screw.

Directed for the stage by Richard Jones with an international cast.

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