Opera Australia’s realist double-bill Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci opened in Sydney last week. Visually and musically sumptuous with dramatic performances, here are some images from Cavalleria Rusticana with images from Pagiliacci in the next post. Read our review from opening night. The double-bill runs till February 4 in Sydney and moves to Melbourne in May 2017. Scroll…
Cavalleria Rusticana – Pietro Mascagni; Pagliacci – Ruggero Leoncavallo Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House, 12 January 2017 Opera Australia has continued its summer season with a new production of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, following its customary New Year performances of La Bohème. This double bill is a joint enterprise with the…
Opera’s dramatic double bill – Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci returns this January, presented by Opera Australia in an Olivier Award-winning co-production with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Götebord Opera Sweden and La Monnaie Brussels. Oozing with tragedy, intrigue, despair and overpowering emotion, Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana is a one-act tale of ‘rustic chivalry’ and ‘vendetta’ which…