Cavalleria Rusticana
with
Pagliacci
(Teatro Lirico D'Europa)
March 6 - 8, 2009
Friday & Saturday at 7:30pm
(Cavalleria)
Sunday at 3pm
(Pagliacci)
$30, $50, $70, $85
Plus Fees
Individual tickets on sale
December 1, 2008
As per tradition for this popular pairing of one act operas, the double bill kicks off with Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) by Italian composer Pietro Mascagni. Cavalleria Rusticana is a tragic tale of infidelity, revenge and violence that takes place on Easter day in a Sicilian village.
For the second part of the evening, life imitates art in Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, which takes place in an Italian village where a crowd welcomes a traveling troupe of actors led by Canio. While onstage, Canio and Nedda each perform ironically parallel roles in a play about infidelity and revenge. During the performance, the offstage drama overwhelms Canio, [leaving a] bewildered audience [looking] on, unsure if Canio has crossed the line from make-believe to murder.
Cast TBD
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
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