Il tabarro & I pagliacci

About the Event

Two tales of the relationship between an ageing man and a young woman, and destructive jealousy. Puccini's "Il tabarro" is a realistic story set on a riverboat. In Leoncavallo's "I pagliacci", the action is set in the world of theatre, where everything is possible.

What these two operas have in common is the desperate act of a husband jealous of his young wife's new love. Based on the same premise, these two popular classics present completely different approaches to the story. Il tabarro is operatic realism at its finest, while in I pagliacci the line between what is real and what is theatre is blurred.

Performed in Italian, surtitles in Finnish, Swedish and English.

Il tabarro
Giacomo Puccini

Director: Katariina Lahti
Sets: Mark Väisänen
Costumes: Tarja Simonen
Lighting design: Timo Alhanen
Video design: Jenni Valorinta


I pagliacci
Ruggero Leoncavallo

Director: Vilppu Kiljunen
Sets: Sampo Pyhälä
Costumes: Mirkka Nyrhinen
Lighting design: Kimmo Karjunen