Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi

20.05.2026

Opera production

Two one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini, based on libretti by Giovacchino Forzano – one tragic, the other comic – hold up a mirror to society through the lens of art. Together, they offer a multifaceted exploration of the interplay between social structures and individual choices. In their production of Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, both premiered in New York in 1918, Florentine Klepper and Kai Röhrig’s opera class invited the audience to engage in a thought experiment: How does a society react when its values, norms, and boundaries are put to the test?

Musikalische Leitung:
Kai Röhrig

Szenische Leitung:
Florentine Klepper, Volker Wahl

Bühnenbild:
Valentina Vorwahlner

Kostümbild:
Lena Matterne, Christina Winkler

Dramaturgie:
Heiko Voss

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Dorfzeitung 19.5.2026 (Elisabeth Pichler)
Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi

Drehpunkt Kultur 18.5.2026 (Gottfried Franz Kasparek)
Himmel und Hölle in jugendlicher Frische

Suor Angelica

Gianni Schicchi

Produktion & Besetzung

Musical director: Kai Röhrig
Stage director: Florentine Klepper, Volker Wahl
Set design: Valentina Vorwahlner
Costume design: Lena Matterne, Christina Winkler
Dramaturgy: Heiko Voss

Mozarteum University Symphony Orchestra

Suor Angelica

Suor Angelica: Anna-Maria Husca (15./18.5.), Viviana Lopresti (16./19.5.)
La zia principessa: Julia Maria Eckes
La badessa: Julia Maria Eckes
La maestra delle novizie: Leonie Roubal
La suora zelatrice: Sveva Pia Laterza
La suora infermiera: Sveva Pia Laterza
Novice: Claire Winkelhöfer
Suor Genovieffa: Sophie Schneider
Suor Osmina: Julia Annina Stocker
Suor Dolcina: Viola Lenzing
1st Lay Sister: Pamina Knaus (15./18.5.), Anna Fechner (16./19.5.)
2nd Lay Sister: Sylvia Kreuzeder
1st Alms Sister: Zahra Sebnat (15./18.5.), Judith Gallmetzer (16./19.5.)
2nd Alms Sister: Alice Teleki (15./18.5.), Sarah Stach-Villegas (16./19.5.)
Man: Vsevolod Chernyshev

Gianni Schicchi

Gianni Schicchi: Sergej Korotenko
Lauretta: Zahra Sebnat (15./18.5.), Sophie Schneider (16.5.), Claire Winkelhöfer (19.5.)
Zita: Julia Maria Eckes
Rinuccio: Yonah Raupers (15./18.5.), Lucas Pellbäck (16./19.5.)
Gherardo: Lucas Pellbäck (15./18.5.), Yonah Raupers (16./19.5.)
Nella: Anastasia Fedorenko
Simone: Dominik Schumertl
Marco: Maksim Smirnov
Ciesca: Sveva Pia Laterza (15./18.5.), Julia Annina Stocker (16./19.5.)
Betto di Signa: Vsevolod Chernyshev
Spinelloccio: Elias Mädler
Amantio di Nicolao: Dario-Bogdan Boja
Pinellino: Gabriel Popa
Guccio: Elias Mädler
Buoso Donati: Anna Fechner

Fri 15.5.2026 7.00-9.20pm

Sat 16.5.2026 4.00–6:20pm

Mon 18.5.2026 7.00–9:20pm

Tues 19.5.2026 7.00–9.20pm

Max Schlereth Saal

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