The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
2015, Italian. Directed by David McVicar & Gary Halvorson.
Director David McVicar’s new production brings opera’s favorite double bill to new life, setting the two operas in the same Sicilian setting, separated by two generations. Marcelo Álvarez takes on the rare feat of singing both leading tenor roles. In Cavalleria, he is Turiddu, the young man who abandons Santuzza (Eva-Maria Westbroek) in his pursuit of the married Lola (Ginger Costa-Jackson)—and ends up being killed in a duel with her husband, Alfio (George Gagnidze). In Pagliacci, Álvarez is Canio, the leader of a traveling vaudeville troupe. Patricia Racette sings Nedda, his unfaithful young wife, whose plans to run away with her lover are foiled by her spurned admirer Tonio (George Gagnidze)—with equally tragic consequences. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
- Runtime
- 2h 53m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Italian
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Cast & crew
- David McVicarDirector
- Gary HalvorsonDirector
- Eva-Maria WestbroekSantuzza - Cavalleria Rusticana
- Marcelo ÁlvarezTuriddu / Canio
- George GagnidzeAlfio / Tonio
- Ginger Costa-JacksonLola - Cavalleria Rusticana
- Jane BunnellMamma Lucia - Cavalleria Rusticana
- Patricia RacetteNedda - Pagliacci
- Lucas MeachemSilvio - Pagliacci
- Andrew StensonBeppe / Arlecchino - Pagliacci
- Fabio LuisiSelf - Conductor
- MET OrchestraCast
Details
- Released
- 25 April 2015
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Guido Menasci, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Ruggero Leoncavallo
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The Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci (2015) was directed by David McVicar and Gary Halvorson and stars Eva-Maria Westbroek, Marcelo Álvarez, George Gagnidze.