| Sunday 14 March 2027 | 15:00 |
| Tuesday 16 March 2027 | 19:00 |
| Thursday 18 March 2027 | 19:00 |
| Friday 19 March 2027 | 19:00 |
| Sunday 21 March 2027 | 15:00 |
| Tuesday 23 March 2027 | 19:00 |
| Wednesday 24 March 2027 | 19:00 |
| Friday 26 March 2027 | 19:00 |
| Saturday 27 March 2027 | 19:00 |
| Tuesday 30 March 2027 | 19:00 |
| Mascagni, Pietro (1863-1945) | Cavalleria rusticana | |
| Leoncavallo, Ruggero (1857-1919) | Pagliacci |
| La Monnaie | De Munt | |||
| Alevtina Ioffe | Conductor | ||
| Damiano Michieletto | Director | ||
| Paolo Fantin | Set Designer | ||
| Carla Teti | Costume Designer | ||
| Alessandro Carletti | Lighting Designer | ||
| La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra | |||
| La Monnaie Chorus | |||
| Emmanuel Trenque | Choirmaster / chorus director | ||
Cavalleria rusticana | |||
| Clémentine Margaine | Mezzo-soprano | Santuzza | 2027 Mar 14 mat, 18, 21 mat, 24, 27, 31 |
| Sofija Petrović | Soprano | Santuzza | 2027 Mar 16, 19, 23, 26, 30 |
| Gaston Rivero | Tenor | Turiddu | 2027 Mar 14 mat, 18, 21 mat, 24, 27, 31 |
| Rafael Davila | Tenor | Turiddu | 2027 Mar 16, 19, 23, 26, 30 |
| Łukasz Goliński | Baritone | Alfio | |
| Niamh O'Sullivan | Mezzo-soprano | Lola | |
| Elena Zaremba | Mezzo-soprano | Mamma Lucia | |
Pagliacci | |||
| Martin Muehle | Tenor | Canio | 2027 Mar 14 mat, 18, 21 mat, 24, 27, 31 |
| Diego Torre | Tenor | Canio | 2027 Mar 16, 19, 23, 26, 30 |
| Adriana González | Soprano | Nedda | 2027 Mar 14 mat, 18, 21 mat, 24, 27, 31 |
| Sua Jo | Soprano | Nedda | 2027 Mar 16, 19, 23, 26, 30 |
| Andrii Kymach | Baritone | Tonio | 2027 Mar 14 mat, 18, 21 mat, 24, 27, 31 |
| Theo Magongoma | Baritone | Tonio | 2027 Mar 16, 19, 23, 26, 30 |
| Sahy Ratia | Tenor | Beppe | |
| Mikhail Timoshenko | Baritone | Silvio | |
Opera’s most beloved double bill returns to La Monnaie
Men and women of flesh and blood take centre stage in Cavalleria rusticana as in Pagliacci. Reality becomes theatre and, when the masks come off, theatre becomes reality. In both of these short works, obsessive love and jealousy give rise to violent emotions and passionate musical outbursts. When they brought rural Italy to the opera stage, Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo inaugurated verismo in music. Director Damiano Michieletto is reprising his 2018 production, which made a lasting impression with its powerful neo-realist transposition to an Italian village in the mid-twentieth century. For her debut at La Monnaie, conductor Alevtina Ioffe promises to bring out the emotional depth of these scores with their unparalleled dramatic force.
Cavalleria rusticana
Background. Turiddu was once engaged to Lola, but when he returned home after his military service and discovered that she had married Alfio, he began a relationship with Santuzza.
Easter Sunday in a Sicilian village. Turiddu meets Lola in secret. Santuzza suspects Turiddu of being unfaithful and confronts both Mamma Lucia, his mother, and Turiddu himself about the affair. She begs her lover to come back to her, but in vain. When Turiddu rejects her, a hurt Santuzza reveals to Alfio what is going on behind his back …
Pagliacci
Assumption in a village in Calabria. A troupe of actors, led by Canio, arrives to perform a play. Canio’s wife Nedda rejects the advances of her fellow player, Tonio, who, taking offence, swears revenge. After overhearing a conversation between Nedda and her lover Silvio, with whom she intends to elope, Tonio informs Canio.
In the play they are to perform, Nedda plays the role of Colombina, who cheats on her husband Pagliaccio (Canio) with Arlecchino. As the performance progresses, the jealous Canio becomes increasingly beside himself – and his role.
Ticket sales start 27 November 2026
Dynamic ticket prices
Young Opera / under 18: €10 to €50
Under 30: €10 to €75
Standard: €15 to €175
Reviews of Cavalleria rusticana directed by Damiano Michieletto
