Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci

Over het evenement

Pietro Mascagni's one‐act opera, "Cavalleria rusticana" will be performed together with Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" at the Gran Teatre del Liceu.

The theme of both operas is death arising out of the jealousy of lovers. The prologue to Pagliacci is a veritable manifesto of musical Verism, which aimed to turn opera into a ruthless "slice of life" reflecting the harshness of social reality, in opposition to Romantic excesses. These notions, derived directly from Italian literary Verism, which in turn was inspired by Zola and French naturalism, also affected the music. The orchestra took on the task of maintaining the narrative thread, while the closed structures of 19th century opera were abolished.

Musical Direction: Daniele Callegari
Scene Direction: Richard Jones
Scenography: Ultz
Costume: Ultz
Lighting: Mimi Jordan Sherin
Choreography: Linda Dobell
Production: English National Opera (ENO)

Cast:
Ildiko Komlosi, Ángeles Blancas, Marcello Giordani, Marco di Felice, Carlos Álvarez, Josephine Barstow, David Alegret, Ginger Costa‐Jackson, Jean‐Luc Ballestra (1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 and 19 April 2011)
Luciana D’Intino, Inva Mula, José Cura, George Gagnidze (5, 8, 11, 14 y 17 April 2011)
Paoletta Marrocu, Olga Mykytenko, José Ferrero, Piero Giuliacci, Vittorio Vitelli, Gabriel Bermúdez, Jorge de León, Claudia Schneider y otros (6, 12 y 20 April 2011, reduced price performances)
Orquesta Sinfónica y Coro del Gran Teatre del Liceu

In some areas of the Gran Teatre del Liceu it is possible to be seated with a partially obstructed view of the stage. The Gran Teatre del Liceu recommends Zone 2 for the finest and completely unobstructed view of the performance. The stage is not visable from seats starting in row 2 of Zone 8.  A monitor is provided for following the performance in this section. Only available for operas.