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The stars shine in Naples: San Carlo inaugurates its season with Cavalleria rusticana in concert

By Mark Pullinger, 05 December 2020
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“I’d happily luxuriate in Garanča’s Rolls Royce of a mezzo for hours”
Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 4 December 2020
Programme
Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana (Concert performance)
Performers
Teatro di San Carlo
Juraj Valčuha, Conductor
Elīna Garanča, Santuzza
Jonas Kaufmann, Turiddu
Claudio Sgura, Alfio
Maria Agresta, Lola
Elena Zilio, Mamma Lucia
Coro del Teatro di San Carlo
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
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Mark Pullinger
Mark Pullinger
Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.