The verismo twin bill returns in darkness and light.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
The Metropolitan Opera revives its 2015 staging of "Cav/Pag", the most famous double bill in opera. Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana is a story of adultery, revenge and murder (in that order) in a rural Sicilian village. Pagliacci, also a story of adultery, revenge and murder is centered around a company of traveling players. Both operas end in bloodshed and both star tenor Roberto Alagna in the leading roles.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
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| Roberto Alagna puts the greasepaint on as the killer clown in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. Photo by Marty Sohl © 2016 The Metropolitan Opera. |
