The set and costume designer Rainer Sellmaier gave each of the three operas in Il trittico its own aesthetic universe. In this video, he explains from the stage his specific approach to the neo-noir vibe in the first piece, Il tabarro.
The characters in 'il trittico' also have a life when they're not on stage
In Il trittico, the poetic black-and-white imagery of video designer Manuel Braun offers the audience a unique glimpse behind the walls of the convent in Suor Angelica. As we follow him during the shoot at the La Cambre Abbey, he explains how he intends to enrich Puccini's opera with his video designs.
In between rehearsals for Il trittico, we asked director Tobias Kratzer for his take on each of the three Puccini operas, and how, in all their diversity, he still manages to link them to each other. "I'm not going to give away all the surprises, but..."
The brief contents of the three operas, summarised by stage director Tobias Kratzer.
“Without dancing, there would be no eros and thanatos, and without these two, there would be no nineteenth-century opera”. Director Olivier Py has a penchant for dance, and during the interval of his new production of Henry VIII, you can even admire ballet on the Place de la Monnaie! Today, we tend to think of opera and ballet as two different art forms, but a dip into Western music history reveals that they have been sharing the stage for centuries - perhaps even from the very dawn of opera as an art form.
