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Notice ID: 16292
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Posted: February 13th., 2009
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Commercial Notice
Opera in the Desert! :)
Proclaimed by: Klarynn
Proclaimed from: Apache Junction, Arizona
Proclamation...
With the current budget cuts in education, your support is fundamental to the continued success of the Herberger College of Fine Arts. The entire cast is excited to share with you the beautiful music of Giacomo Puccini in a double bill of two one act operas: Gianni Schicci and Suor Angelica.
Performances of Gianni Schicci and Suor Angelica:
February 27, 2009 7:30 p.m.
February 28, 2009 7:30 p.m.
March 1, 2009 2:00 p.m. (matinee)
March 1, 2009 7:30 p.m.
Box Office:
http://herbergercollege.asu.edu/calendar/boxoffice.php
Phone: 480.965.6447
Email: cfaboxoffice@asu.edu
I hope to see you at the opera!
"Without the audience, there is no music!"
Anonymous
SYNOPSIS OF SUOR ANGELICA AND GIANNI SCHICCHI
Suor Angelica
A convent
Sister Angelica and two lay sisters are late for chapel. The Monitor chides them for not doing penance as Sister Angelica has done. Some of the sisters confess they still long for worldly pleasures—Sister Genovieffa for the lambs she used to tend and Sister Dolcina for sweet things to eat. Sister Angelica denies she has any such desires, but the others know she desperately longs for some word from her family. For seven years she has heard nothing from them, and the sisters speculate that she was a princess, banished to the convent for reasons they have been unable to discover. Soon alms collectors arrive, distributing the food they have gathered. One of them mentions that a magnificent coach bearing a visitor stands outside the convent gate. Angelica is startled and, with increasing anxiety, asks her to describe the coach in detail. A bell rings announcing the visitor. The Abbess enters and tells Angelica that her aunt, the Princess, has come to see her. Approaching, the Princess rejects Angelica's gestures of affection. The Princess explains that when Angelica's parents died, she was made guardian of both Angelica and her sister, Anna Viola, and was given control over their inheritance ("Il principe Gualtiero") . Anna Viola is to be married and the Princess demands Angelica sign her share over to her sister. Having brought disgrace on the family name, the Princess declares, Angelica is no longer entitled to any part of the inheritance. Crushed by her aunt's cruelty, Angelica swears she has repented. She cannot, however, erase the memory of her little son, who, she learns, died two years ago. Her will now broken, Angelica sobs and signs the document. The Princess withdraws and Angelica grieves that her son died without his mother by his side ("Senza mamma") . Resolving to join her child in heaven, she drinks poison. She is then struck by the reality of what she has done and prays for salvation. A celestial choir is heard and Angelica sees a vision of the Blessed Virgin with her child.
Gianni Schicchi
The Palazzo of Buoso Donati in Florence
The greedy relatives of the wealthy Buoso Donati gather at his deathbed to mourn his passing and investigate the details of his will. There are rumors that the old man has left nearly everything to a monastery. If his will has not been filed with a notary, however, there is still hope for the relatives, who begin a frantic search for the document. Young Rinuccio finds it and makes his Aunt Zita promise to let him marry his beloved Lauretta if there is enough money. They read the will, which proves the rumors were true; the relatives finally shed genuine tears. Rinuccio suggests that Lauretta's father, Gianni Schicchi, a shrewd self-made man, can help them: this new breed of peasant-turned-businessman will invigorate Florence, which the young man compares to a tree in full flower ("Firenze č come un albero fiorito") . Schicchi appears with Lauretta. Disgusted by the hypocrisy and avarice of the aristocratic family, Schicchi is about to leave but decides to stay when Lauretta proclaims her intention to marry Rinuccio ("O mio babbino caro") . Reading the will, Schicchi devises a plan to impersonate the dead man. He sends Lauretta out to feed the birds and orders the body removed from the bed. The doctor arrives to check on Buoso, but Schicchi's voice convinces the addled doctor that the patient is improving. Schicchi tells the relatives to send for the notary and, putting on Buoso's nightshirt and cap, promises to dictate a new will. The relatives each try to get a promise from Schicchi that he will leave the best parts of the estate to them. Schicchi agrees with every secret request and warns each that they must keep the secret forever or face the punishment as accessories to a fraud—a hand cut off and eternal banishment from Florence. The notary arrives with witnesses, and Schicchi dictates that the great part of the estate, including the house they are all in, is to be left to his good friend Gianni Schicchi! The relatives are furious but can say nothing, and when the notary leaves they fall on Schicchi and steal what they can from the house. Schicchi orders them out of his house and points to the young lovers, standing out on the terrace gazing at the blossoming city. Turning to the audience, he points out how happy his fraud has made the young lovers, and pleads for a verdict of not guilty.
Synopsis provided courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.
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