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Music by Pietro Mascagni and Leoncavallo
Libretto by Guido Manasci &
Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti Fri, October 12, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Sat, October 13, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Sun, October 14, 2007 at 2:00 PM
Fri, October 19, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Sat, October 20, 2007 at 8:00 PM
Sun, October 21, 2007 at 2:00 PM
conductor José Luis Moscovich director José María Condemi
West Bay Opera Premiere: February 15, 1957
World Premiere: Cavalleria rusticana first performed Rome, Teatro Castanzi, May 17, 1890
Pagliacci first performed Milan, Teatro dal Verme, May 21, 1892
Sung in Italian, with English titles
(English translation by Sheldon Harnick)
Based on the play L’Attaché d’ambassade by Henri Meilhac Synopsis:
Southern Italian village life, dominated by a peculiar mix of Church morals and the Sicilian code of honor, provides the backdrop for these two verismo masterpieces about love and betrayal. In Cavalleria rusticana, tipped off by Santuzza, the betrayed and pregnant girlfriend, Alfio kills Turiddu, his wife’s lover, in a knife fight. In Pagliacci, blurring the line between performance and life, Canio the clown kills both Nedda, his wife, and Silvio, her lover, on the circus stage in front of a stunned audience. |
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