Chelsea Opera presents Puccini…the man and his music including Suor Angelica at Christ and St. Stephen’s Church

Suor Angelica is forced into a nunnery having born a son out of wedlock. After 7 years, her aunt arrives and commands her to sign a document that transfers her inheritance to her younger sister, who is about to be married. Desperate to know about her son, her aunt coldly informs her that the child took ill and died. No longer interested in remaining in the corporal world, she drinks poison. Seized by remorse, she implores the Virgin to save her. Enveloped in celestial radiance, a child appears and cradles his dying mother, while a choir of nuns and angels sings “Thou Art Saved.”

The evening will include chamber works by Puccini:
String Quartet in D Major - Chelsea Opera String Quartet
Salve Regina for Soprano and Organ
Crisantemi for string quartet