Gianni Schicchi

Premiere: 22 November 2016
Main Stage

Giacomo Puccini
Gianni Schicchi

Comic opera in one act
Libretto by G. Forzano
World premiere held in New York on 14 December 1918
Conductor Giuseppe Acquaviva, guest conductor / Đorđe Stanković
Director Ana Grigorović
Set Design, based on an idea by Ana Grigorović – Miraš Vuksanović
Costume Designer Katarina Grčić Nikolić
Choreographer Dejan Kolarov

Premiere Cast:
Gianni Schicchi Vuk Zekić / Aleksa Vasić
Lauretta, his daughter Sofija Pižurica / Nevena Pavlović
Rinuccio Nenad Čiča / Ljubomir Popović
Zita, Rinuccio’s aunt Dubravka Filipović / Jelena Petrović
Gherardo Slobodan Živković
Nella, his wife Nevena Matić / Vesna Marković*
Gherardino, their son Stevan Karanac*
Betto Nikola Mikić
Simone Mihailo Šljivić
Marco, Simone’s son Pavle Žarkov
La Ciesca, his wife Ljubica Vraneš / Nataša Rašić
Maestro Spinelloccio Gavrilo Rabrenović / Đorđe Tomić
Amantio di Nicolao, a notary Sveto Kastratović
Pinellino, a cobbler Strahinja Đokić
Guccio, a dyer Predrag Gligorić

The action takes place in Florence in 1299.

Opera Orchestra of the National Theatre in Belgrade
* Students of the “Borislav Popović” Opera Studio
Concertmasters Edit Makedonska / Vesna Jansens
Répetiteurs Srđan Jaraković, Nevena Živković, Nada Matijević
Organisers Maša Milanović Minić, Snježana Vujasinović Đorđević, Nemanja Stanojević
Stage Managers Ana Milićević / Branislava Pljaskić
Prompters Silvija Pec / Kristina Jocić
Assistant Set Designer Jasna Saramandić
Head of Make-up Dragoljub Jeremić
Lighting Manager Miodrag Milivojević
Stage Manager Zoran Mirić
Sound Engineer Perica Ćurković
Sets and costumes made in the workshops of the National Theatre in Belgrade

Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes