Teatro dell'Opera di Roma: Gianni Schicchi & L’heure espagnole

About the Event

Immerse yourself in the stunning architecture of Rome's breathtaking Teatro dell'Opera di Roma for the ultimate concert set to awake your understanding of opera.

Second part of the three‐year project “Trittico ricomposto”

In collaboration with collaborazione Festival Puccini of Torre del Lago to celeebrate the centenary of the composer’s death.

direttore Michele Mariotti
regia e scene Ersan Mondtag


COSTUME DESIGN Johanna Stenzel
LIGHT DESIGNER Sascha Zauner
VIDEO Luis August Krawen
DRAMATURG Till Briegleb

Gianni Schicchi
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Opera in one act
Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano inspired by an episode of the Commedia by Dante Alighieri

World premiere: Metropolitan New York, December 14, 1918
First performance at the Teatro Costanzi: January 11, 1919 (italian premiere)

L’heure espagnole
Music by Maurice Ravel
Comédie Musicale in one act
Libretto by Franc‐Nohain after his own commedy by the same title

World premiere: Opéra‐Comique Paris, May 19, 1911
First performance at the Teatro Costanzi: February 20, 1940