The National Symphony Orchestra and The Washington Chorus were conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.
The cast also included sopranos Meryl Dominguez and Erika Grimaldi, tenors Hakeem Henderson and Gregory Kunde, and baritone Roman Burdenko.
Rehlis performed roles across all three operas, appearing alongside Erika Grimaldi (Angelica in Suor Angelica, Giorgetta in Il tabarro and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi), Gregory Kunde (Luigi in Il tabarro), Roman Burdenko (Michele in Il tabarro and the title role in Gianni Schicchi), and Hakeem Henderson (Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi).
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The Puccini triptych was also staged by the same performers at the Kennedy Center in Washington on April 9 and May 1.
According to Charles T. Downey of Washington Classical Review, Rehlis "showed similar versatility across the three operas [as Erika Grimaldi], beginning with an imperious Zia Principessa in Suor Angelica. Her bottom notes sounded with heartless force in “Nel silenzio,” when she demanded that her niece give up her inheritance. The brighter side of Rehlis’s extraordinary voice served up light-hearted comic relief as La Frugola in Il tabarro, and she gave satiric bite to the role of Zita, one of the scheming relatives of the not-so-dearly departed in Gianni Schicchi."
Rehlis is scheduled to return to Carnegie Hall in May 2027 for a concert performance of Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung, singing the role of Waltraute in Götterdämmerung and Die Walküre.
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