Opera at UQ: Puccini's Gianni Schicchi

Event Details

Date:

Sunday, 19 September 2021

Time:

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

UQ Location:

UQ Centre (St Lucia)

URL:

https://music.uq.edu.au/Gianni-Schicchi

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Full Description:: Gianni Schicchi is a one-act romp through a classic sit-com scenario - 'Who gets the inheritance?' - set against a ravishing palette of orchestral colour and vocal power. The wealthy master of a large family has died, and his relatives gather and shamefully manoeuvre to claim the inheritance. They are mortified to learn that the fortune has been left to a local monastery. The cunning conman Schicchi feigns help, with hilarity and hijinks ensuing. Gianni Schicchi features one of the greatest arias of all time “O mio babbino Caro”, as well as some of the finest operatic ensemble writing of the genre. Appealing to both experienced and first-time operagoers, Schicchi will be performed in Italian with English surtitles.

Join the UQ Singers and The University of Queensland Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Dane Lam for an afternoon of melody and mayhem.

Gianni Schicchi is directed by Shaun Brown, presented by The University of Queensland’s School of Music, and supported by Alumni Friends as part of the UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Concert Series.