Event Info
Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci:
Composer: Pietro Mascagni (Cavalleria Rusticana)
Composer: Ruggero Leoncava...
9:30am
Call ticket centre for details 250 748 7529
Hard-copy tickets
Physical tickets at: Cowichan Ticket Centre 2687 James St, Duncan, 250 748 7529, cowichantheatre.ca
Event Description
Composer: Pietro Mascagni (Cavalleria Rusticana)
Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo (Pagliacci)
Runtime: 3 hours 30 minutes
Opera’s most enduring tragic double bill returns in an evocative new production from Sir David McVicar, who sets the action across two time periods but in the same Sicilian village. Marcelo Álvarez rises to the challenge of playing the dual tenor roles of Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana and Canio in Pagliacci. Rae Smith (War Horse) has designed the moodily atmospheric 1900 village square setting of Cavalleria, which transforms to a 1948 truck stop for the doomed vaudeville troupe of Pagliacci. Eva-Maria Westbroek (Cav) and Patricia Racette (Pag) sing the unlucky heroines, and Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.
Venue
2687 James Street
Open / Operational