Teatro Grattacielo’s America 250 double bill brings together two powerful explorations of freedom — one civic, one personal — created for the national commemoration marking 250 years since the founding of the United States. Jefferson Lives!, a world premiere opera, examines the birth of the American Revolution not as distant history but as lived human experience. Through the ghostly presence of John Adams and a modern Narrator drawn unwillingly into the past, the opera traces how political ideas move from thought into action, revealing the moral pressure, doubt, and consequence behind America’s revolutionary awakening.

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250 America | Double Bill | Jefferson Lives!

The Flea Theater

In Suor Angelica, Puccini’s intimate score unfolds within a world shaped by memory. In this production, the convent is inhabited by ghosts — women who once obeyed, women who once loved, and women who once surrendered something unspeakable. This season continues our exploration of what opera can be today, approaching Suor Angelica not as a museum object, but as a work shaped by the lives of these women.

Saverio Alfieri

Events

Upcoming events

7 - 8 Nov, 2026

250 America | Double Bill | Jefferson Lives! · Teatro Grattacielo

7 - 9 Nov, 2026

250 America | Double Bill | Suor Angelica · Teatro Grattacielo

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Suor Angelica by Puccini

Teatro Grattacielo

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