One act operas. Librettos by: Giuseppe Adami, based on the play La Houppelande by Didier Gold (Il tabarro); by Giovacchino Forzano (Suor Angelica); and by Giovacchino Forzano, based on an episode from Dante Alighieri's La divina commedia (Gianni Schicchi). In Il tabarro: Cornell MacNeil (Michele) ; Renata Scotto (Giorgetta) ; Vasile Moldoveanu (Luigi) ; Charles Anthony (Tinca) ; Italo Tajo (Talpa) ; Jeffrey Stamm (A song seller) ; In Suor Angelica: Renata Scotto (Sister Angelica) ; Betsy Norden (Sister Genovieffa) ; Jocelyne Taillon (The princess) ; Gynn Cornell (The monitor) ; Elyssa Linder, Janet Wagner (Lay sisters) ; Batyah Godfrey (The mistress of novices) ; Linore Aronson (Sister Osmina) ; Linda Mays, Barbara Bystrom (Novices) ; Ann Florio (Sister Dolcina) ; Claudia Catania (The nursing sister) ; Loretta Di Franco, Elena Doria (Alms collectors) ; Jean Kraft (The abbess) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor. In Gianni Schicchi. Gabriel Bacquier (Gianni Schicchi) ; Renata Scotto (Lauretta) ; Jocelyne Taillon (Zita) ; Italo Tajo (Simone) ; Philip Creech (Rinuccio) ; Ariel Bybee (Ciesca) ; James Courtney (Marco) ; Betsy Norden (Nella) ; Charles Anthony (Gherardo) ; Russell Christopher (Betto) ; Ara Berberian (Spinelloccio) ; Andrij Dobriansky (Amantio Di Nicolao) ; Herman Marcus (Pinellino) ; Peter Sliker (Guccio) ; Alfred Slesinger (Buoso Donati) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor. Filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, November 1981. "Live from the Met." Program notes, including an interview with James Levine and a synopsis in English inserted in container.
Contents:
DVD 1. Il tabarro ; Suor Angelica -- DVD 2. Gianni Schicchi.
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