Performer: Daniele Finzi Pasca

The staging highlighted Carmen’s rebellious traits more than her sensual exoticism.

The story still remained moving and the performance was musically pleasant, but the staging did not convince overall

In this anti-realistic, colourful and beautifully played production of Pagliacci, the director extends the concept expressed in the Prologue: clowns are real life people, but also real life people are clowns in a larger play.