Life Through Tears And Laughter: Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi
Hong Kong City Hall, Central 
Why We Recommend it
This double bill starring promising local talents will stage two of Giacomo Puccini’s one-act operas: the tragic and sentimental Suor Angelica, followed by comic masterwork Gianni Schicchi.
Description
Presented by Opera Hong Kong, young local talents will perform Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, two contrasting operas from Puccini’s trilogy (Il Trittico) of one-act operas.
Suor Angelica tells the story of a young woman whose illegitimate pregnancy results in her being shut away in a convent and her child taken away from her by her family.
Gianni Schicchi is a comic opera about a sanctimonious and greedy family hoping to inherit an aristocrat’s large inheritance. It features O mio babbino caro, one of Puccini’s best known aria’s.
Details
When: 25 Aug 2017 - 26 Aug 2017 Where: Hong Kong City Hall – : 5 Edinburgh Pl, – Central
