Teatro Grattacielo to Present ‘L’Amico Fritz’
By Francisco SalazarTeatro Grattacielo is set to revive Pietro Mascagni’s “L’Amico Fritz.”
The production is set to introduce a wider audience to the rarely performed masterpiece, which was last presented by the company in 2021 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The opera will be directed by Anna Laura Miszerak and will be presented at the Downstairs Theater, La MaMa from July 19 to 20, 2025.
In a statement, Miszerak said, “This production of L’Amico Fritz explores the contrast at the heart of Mascagni’s opera: a seemingly simple libretto paired with richly nuanced, multilayered music. Inspired by Mascagni’s own desire to let music speak beyond text, the staging delves into the emotional complexity of the characters, where music evokes what the words leave unsaid. At its center is Suzel, the expressive core around whom the others revolve—her emotional growth and the tension with Fritz unfold through gesture and movement, revealing layers of unspoken truth. With a conceptual, symbolist aesthetic, the production opens emotional spaces suggested by the score, creating a world of suspended reality where characters navigate love, trauma, and joy in pursuit of liberation.”
“L’Amico Fritz” will star Jeremy Brauner, Kathleen Echols, Claire Tendl, Erin Rosales, Daniel Bauman, Suchan Kim, Alexandra Billhartz, Steven Kirby and Lucas Levy. Andy Anderson conducts.
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