Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Ryan Malyar speaks with Elaine Crane, Executive Director of Greater Worcester Opera about their upcoming Puccini Double Bill.
More information on their website greaterworcesteropera.org
Contact Ryan Ryan@artsforthemasses.com
Puccini Double Bill
Join us as we bring you from laughter to tears with Puccini's gorgeous mini-operas, Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica, performed in English translation. Performances run June 9-12, 2022 at Calliope Productions in Boylston. Tickets now on sale. This program is supported in part by grants from the Bolton, Boylston and Lancaster Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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As the wealthy patriarch of the Donati family passes into eternity, his eager family members are gathered to discover the details of the will. When things are looking grim for the family, they call in Gianni Schicci to help them get what they want. Based on a character from Dante's Divine Comedy, this one act comedy contains one of the most famous soprano arias in all of opera - O Mio Babbino Caro (O My Beloved Papa). Join the Donati family feud and see who winds up with the coveted mule!
Sister Angelica is the herbalist at a convent, where she has been living for the 7 years since she was sent there by her affluent family for having a child out of wedlock. Content with her life with the other nuns, she is visited one day by her aunt, the Principessa (Princess), who asks her to sign away all rights to her inheritance so that her sister can be married. Angelica then learns the first news she's had of her child, and her grief overwhelms her. Senza Mamma (Without Your Mama) is the most famous aria of this sublime, lush operatic gem.
Ryan Malyar speaks with Elaine Crane, Executive Director of Greater Worcester Opera about their upcoming Puccini Double Bill.
More information on their website greaterworcesteropera.org
Contact Ryan Ryan@artsforthemasses.com
Puccini Double Bill
Join us as we bring you from laughter to tears with Puccini's gorgeous mini-operas, Gianni Schicchi and Suor Angelica, performed in English translation. Performances run June 9-12, 2022 at Calliope Productions in Boylston. Tickets now on sale. This program is supported in part by grants from the Bolton, Boylston and Lancaster Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Picture
As the wealthy patriarch of the Donati family passes into eternity, his eager family members are gathered to discover the details of the will. When things are looking grim for the family, they call in Gianni Schicci to help them get what they want. Based on a character from Dante's Divine Comedy, this one act comedy contains one of the most famous soprano arias in all of opera - O Mio Babbino Caro (O My Beloved Papa). Join the Donati family feud and see who winds up with the coveted mule!
Sister Angelica is the herbalist at a convent, where she has been living for the 7 years since she was sent there by her affluent family for having a child out of wedlock. Content with her life with the other nuns, she is visited one day by her aunt, the Principessa (Princess), who asks her to sign away all rights to her inheritance so that her sister can be married. Angelica then learns the first news she's had of her child, and her grief overwhelms her. Senza Mamma (Without Your Mama) is the most famous aria of this sublime, lush operatic gem.
