Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille120 rue de Lyon, Paris, Île-de-France, 75012, France
Dates/times in Paris time zone
Programme
| Mascagni, Pietro (1863-1945) | Cavalleria rusticana | |
| Leoncavallo, Ruggero (1857-1919) | Pagliacci |
Performers
| Opéra national de Paris | ||
| Daniel Oren | Conductor | |
| Giancarlo del Monaco | Director | |
| Johannes Leiacker | Set Designer | |
| Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris | ||
| Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris | ||
| Chœur d'enfants de l'Opéra National de Paris | ||
Cavalleria rusticana | ||
| Violeta Urmana | Soprano | Santuzza |
| Marcello Giordani | Tenor | Turiddu |
| Stefania Toczyska | Contralto | Mamma Lucia |
| Franck Ferrari | Baritone | Alfio |
| Nicole Piccolomini | Mezzo-soprano | Lola |
Pagliacci | ||
| Inva Mula | Soprano | Nedda |
| Vladimir Galouzine | Tenor | Canio |
| Sergey Murzaev | Bass | Tonio |
| Florian Laconi | Tenor | Beppe |
| Tassis Christoyannis | Bass | Silvio |
The union of these two operas marks the birth of the school that invented post-Verdian opera. Violeta Urmana, Marcello Giordani, Inva Mula and Vladimir Galouzine love, hate, avenge and kill one another in the bright southern sunshine.
