Il trittico comes to Houston Grand Opera in the company’s first-ever full presentation of Puccini’s masterful trio of one-act operas.

The evening begins with Il tabarro, a tale of passion and betrayal set on the Seine, where the lives of a barge captain, his young wife, and her lover intertwine in a tragic crescendo. Next, Suor Angelica delves into the desperation of a cloistered nun with a haunted past, whose story - reset in a children’s hospital - culminates in heartrending redemption. The night concludes with Gianni Schicchi, the tale of a cunning conman who turns a family’s greed into a delightful farce, featuring what is perhaps Puccini’s best-loved aria, “O mio babbino caro.”