Suor Angelica (1918) is the second installment in Puccini’s triptych of one-act operas commonly known as Il trittico. The opera chronicles the fall, redemption, and final transfiguration of its central character, Sister Angelica, who has taken the veil in repentance for bearing a child out of wedlock. Suor Angelica contains some of Puccini’s most adventurous writing, including Angelica’s aria “Senza mamma” (Without your mother), one of the most poignant moments in any of Puccini’s works.