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La commedia è finita: a scorching Cav & Pag at Covent Garden

Dimitri Platanias (Tonio), Roberto Alagna (Canio) and Aleksandra Kurzak (Nedda)
© ROH | Tristram Kenton
Elena Zilio (Mamma Lucia) and SeokJong Baek (Turiddu)
© ROH | Tristram Kenton
Aleksandra Kurzak (Santuzza)
© ROH | Tristram Kenton
Elena Zilio (Mamma Lucia), Aleksandra Kurzak (Santuzza) and the Royal Opera Chorus
© ROH | Tristram Kenton
Elena Zilio, Mattia Olivieri (Silvio), Dimitri Platanias (Alfio), Keith Ackerman (baker)
© ROH | Tristram Kenton
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“this revival contains the best singing I’ve heard in this staging”
Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 5 July 2022
Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana
Leoncavallo, Pagliacci
The Royal Opera
Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor
Damiano Michieletto, Director
Paolo Fantin, Set Designer
Carla Teti, Costume Designer
Alessandro Carletti, Lighting Designer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Royal Opera Chorus
Noa Naamat, Revival Director
SeokJong Baek, Turiddu
Aleksandra Kurzak, Santuzza, Nedda
Dimitri Platanias, Alfio, Tonio
Aigul Akhmetshina, Lola
Elena Zilio, Mamma Lucia
Roberto Alagna, Canio
Egor Zhuravskii, Beppe
Mattia Olivieri, Silvio
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