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| Composer | Leoncavallo, Ruggero (1857-1919) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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RigaCavalleria rusticana
Mascagni, Leoncavallo
Mārtiņš Ozoliņš; Aik Karapetian; Latvian National Opera; AJ Weissbard; Kristīne Pasternaka; Latvian National Opera Orchestra
TokyoCavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
Mascagni, Leoncavallo
Kazushi Ono; Gilbert Deflo; New National Theatre; William Orlandi; Roberto Venturi; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
BrusselsCavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci
Mascagni, Leoncavallo
Alevtina Ioffe; Damiano Michieletto; La Monnaie | De Munt; Paolo Fantin; Carla Teti; Alessandro Carletti; La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
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Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci crown Turin’s Verismo Festival
Cav & Pag remain a potent pairing in stagings by two directors which unites the operas via liturgical settings in the Teatro Regio di Torino’s Verismo Festival.
Musical triumph meets voyeuristic violence in Carsen’s Pag & Cav
Dutch National Opera’s powerhouse cast and incandescent chorus deliver a musical triumph in Robert Carsen’s Cav/Pag revival, even as its voyeuristic staging leaves bitter ethical questions around gendered violence unresolved.
Art imitates art in ETO’s bracing new Pagliacci
Divorced from Cavalleria rusticana, English Touring Opera’s contemporary take on Leoncavallo’s masterpiece ticks all the boxes.
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