Considered the greatest Italian opera composer since Verdi, Giacomo Puccini (I858-1924) created many of the most popular operas in the repertoire, includ-ing Madama Butterfly, La Boheme, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, and Turandot. His well- known gifts for lush melody and rapturous lyricism, along with his strong sense of theater, are amply evident in ll Trittico ("The Triptych"), a series of three highly individual one-act operas patterned after the Parisian Grand Guignol's three-part scheme of horror, tragedy, and farce.
Premiered at New York's Metropolitan Opera in 1918, II Trittico consists of "I1
Tabarro," a somber, near-melodramatic tragedy; "Suor Angelica," a sentimental
tragedy with strong melodies and a mystic theme; and "Gianni Schicchi," a delightful comedy, full of wit and vivacity, whose libretto was derived--surpris-
ingly enough--from a few lines in Dante's Inferno. All three works appear in this
single volume, reprinted from authoritative early scores.
Il Trittico is among the Dover Music Phoenix Editions, a new series comprising
large-format reprints of full scores of major works previously available only in
high-priced, hard-to-find editions. These handsome casebound editions offer
affordable alternatives for conductors, scholars, musicians, and libraries. |
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