Breaking all contact with her for seven years (even though relatives are allowed to visits the nuns)? Really, really bad. Forcing a girl to join a convent after she has an out-of-wedlock child? Very harsh, but might be attributed to the the general mindset of the era. Evil Aunt: The Princess towards Sister Angelica.Driven to Suicide: Sister Angelica drinks a poison after learning of her son's death.However, when she does get something to eat, she is also ready to share it with the other sisters. Big Eater: Sister Dolcina is always longing for food.Afterlife Welcome: The Virgin Mary, a heavenly choir and Sister Angelica's son come to welcome her to the afterlife, showing that her sin is forgiven.As she dies, the Mother of God, a heavenly choir and her own son greet her. Angelica begs her for news of her son, and finally the Princess tells her that the boy died two years ago of a fever.Īfter the Princess leaves, Angelica drinks a poison to join her son in Heaven, but immediately thereafter realizes she has damned herself to Hell by committing suicide. The Princess arrives to the convent and orders Angelica to formally renounce her claim to the inheritance, since her younger sister is to be married. Seven years later, she has given up all earthly cares, except her love for her son, who was taken from her immediately after birth.
Sister Angelica is a young noblewoman who was forced to join a convent by her aunt, the Princess, after having a child out of wedlock. Suor Angelica ( Sister Angelica) is a 1918 one-act opera by Giacomo Puccini, the second part of an opera triptych together with Il tabarro and Gianni Schicchi.
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