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Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci

La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall5, Place de la Monnaie, Bruxelles, Brussels Capital, 1000, Belgique
Dates/horaires selon le fuseau horaire de Brussels
dimanche 14 mars 202715:00
mardi 16 mars 202719:00
jeudi 18 mars 202719:00
vendredi 19 mars 202719:00
dimanche 21 mars 202715:00
mardi 23 mars 202719:00
mercredi 24 mars 202719:00
vendredi 26 mars 202719:00
samedi 27 mars 202719:00
mardi 30 mars 202719:00
Montrer 1 dates supplémentaires
Artistes
La Monnaie | De Munt
Alevtina IoffeDirection
Damiano MichielettoMise en scène
Paolo FantinDécors
Carla TetiCostumes
Alessandro CarlettiLumières
Orchestre Symphonique de La Monnaie
Chœur de La Monnaie
Emmanuel TrenqueChef de chœur

Cavalleria rusticana

Clémentine MargaineMezzo-sopranoSantuzza2027 mars 14 mat, 18, 21 mat, 24, 27, 31
Sofija PetrovićSopranoSantuzza2027 mars 16, 19, 23, 26, 30
Gaston RiveroTénorTuriddu2027 mars 14 mat, 18, 21 mat, 24, 27, 31
Rafael DavilaTénorTuriddu2027 mars 16, 19, 23, 26, 30
Łukasz GolińskiBarytonAlfio
Niamh O'SullivanMezzo-sopranoLola
Elena ZarembaMezzo-sopranoMamma Lucia

Pagliacci

Martin MuehleTénorCanio2027 mars 14 mat, 18, 21 mat, 24, 27, 31
Diego TorreTénorCanio2027 mars 16, 19, 23, 26, 30
Adriana GonzálezSopranoNedda2027 mars 14 mat, 18, 21 mat, 24, 27, 31
Sua JoSopranoNedda2027 mars 16, 19, 23, 26, 30
Andrii KymachBarytonTonio2027 mars 14 mat, 18, 21 mat, 24, 27, 31
Theo MagongomaBarytonTonio2027 mars 16, 19, 23, 26, 30
Sahy RatiaTénorBeppe
Mikhail TimoshenkoBarytonSilvio

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


Cavalleria rusticana par Damiano Michieletto, nos comptes-rendus

© Sebastian Steveniers
© Sebastian Steveniers