by Pietro Mascagni and Ruggero Leoncavallo respectively
seen at Covent Garden on 10 December 2015
This double bill of two short operas now traditionally linked together is presented in a new production by Damiano Michieletto, conducted by Antonio Pappano with the sets designed by Paolo Fantin.
In Cavalleria Rusticana Aleksandr Antonenko sang Turiddu, Eva-Maria Westbroek sang Santuzza, Elena Zilio sang Mamma Lucia, Dimitri Platanias sang Alfio, and Martina Belli sang Lola.
In Pagliacci Aleksandr Antonenko sang Canio/Pagliaccio, Dimitri Platanias sang Tonio/Taddeo, Carmen Giannattasio sang Nedda/Columbina, Dioynios Sourbis sang Silvio, Benjamin Hulett sang Beppe/Arlecchino, and Elliott Goldie and Nigel Cliffe sang the parts of two villagers.
