One dead guy's will, a room full of vultures, and the greatest aria about a hat ever written.
Alessandro Corbelli takes the title role in Annabel Arden's whirlwind production of Puccini's compact opera, in which the scheming Gianni Schicchi retrieves for himself the spoils of a disinherited family to pave the way for his daughter to marry her love.
Acting
Corbelli's Schicchi: part trickster god, part worried dad.
Direction
Arden's staging turns 74 minutes into pure adrenaline.
Writing
Puccini's only outright comedy — and he nailed it.
Director
Francesca Kemp
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Puccini inserted himself into the opera as a character — he's the fifth name in the 'famous dead Florentines' Schicchi name-drops.
This was the first opera ever televised in the US — NBC, 1948 — proving Americans will watch anything if it's under 90 minutes.
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