Suor Angelica Part I Il Principe Gualtiero vostro padre Giacomo Puccini
Angelica, the daughter of a noble family, has become a nun to atone for the scandal of having an illegitimate child. After seven years in the convent with no word from her family, her aunt, La Principessa, arrives to get her signature on a document revoking her rights to any family inheritance because her sister is to be married. Angelica begs for news of her son, and her aunt coldly tells her that he is dead. Angelica signs the document, and the princess leaves her. Following her aunt's departure Angelica sings a beautiful aria (Senza mamma), lamenting her son's death (See Part II also on this channel). Michelle Gliottoni Rodriguez is Sister Angelica, Andrea Caruso is the Princess, Monica Kropidlowski is the accompanist, and Jan Bickel is the director for this SXU "Opera in an Hour "production.
Angelica, the daughter of a noble family, has become a nun to atone for the scandal of having an illegitimate child. After seven years in the convent with no word from her family, her aunt, La Principessa, arrives to get her signature on a document revoking her rights to any family inheritance because her sister is to be married. Angelica begs for news of her son, and her aunt coldly tells her that he is dead. Angelica signs the document, and the princess leaves her. Following her aunt's departure Angelica sings a beautiful aria (Senza mamma), lamenting her son's death (See Part II also on this channel). Michelle Gliottoni Rodriguez is Sister Angelica, Andrea Caruso is the Princess, Monica Kropidlowski is the accompanist, and Jan Bickel is the director for this SXU "Opera in an Hour "production.