first_performance suor angelica
The Metropolitan Opera , commonly referred to as " The Met ", is a company based in New York City , resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts . The company is operated by the non - profit Metropolitan Opera Association , with Peter Gelb as general manager . The music director position is in transition as of 2016 . The music director designate is Yannick Nézet - Séguin and the music director emeritus is James Levine . Il tabarro ( The Cloak ) is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami , based on Didier Gold ' s play " La houppelande ". It is the first of the trio of operas known as " Il trittico ". The first performance was given on ___MASK97___ at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City . Giovacchino Forzano ( 19 November ___MASK18___  28 October 1970 ) was an Italian playwright , librettist , stage director , and film director . A resourceful writer , he authored numerous popular plays and produced opera librettos for most of the major Italian composers of the early twentieth century , including the librettos for Giacomo Puccini ' s " Suor Angelica " and " Gianni Schicchi ". Suor Angelica ( Sister Angelica ) is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an original Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano . It is the second opera of the trio of operas known as Il trittico ( Triptych ) . It received its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on December 14 , 1918 . Yannick Nézet - Séguin , CC ( born Yannick Séguin ; 6 March ___MASK93___ ) is a Canadian conductor and pianist . He currently holds leadership posts with the Orchestre Métropolitain ( Montréal ), the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra , and the Philadelphia Orchestra . In June 2016 he was named music director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York beginning in 2020 ( assuming the title " music director designate " as of the 2017 - 2018 season ). Il trittico (" The Triptych ") is the title of a collection of three one - act operas , " Il tabarro ", " Suor Angelica ", and " Gianni Schicchi ", by Giacomo Puccini . The work received its world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on ___MASK97___ . Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( 22 December 1858 29 November ___MASK66___ ) was an Italian opera composer who has been called " the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi ".