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Acustica rusticana: Boston Lyric Opera’s first-rate Cavalleria hobbled

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“no-holds-barred singing and an impassioned orchestra ratcheting up the dramatic tension”
Reviewed at Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston on 3 October 2021
Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana
Boston Lyric Opera
David Angus, Conductor
Giselle Ty, Director
Julia Noulin-Mérat, Set Designer
Gail Astrid Buckley, Costume Designer
Molly Tiede, Lighting Designer
Michelle Johnson, Santuzza
Adam Diegel, Turiddu
Chelsea Basler, Lola
Nina Yoshida Nelsen, Mamma Lucia
Javier Arrey, Alfio
Boston Lyric Opera Chorus
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