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Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci

Cory Weaver/Metropolitan Opera

Double bill of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. The performance is led by Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi. Marcelo Álvarez stars in both operas, as the faithless Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana and the heartbroken clown Canio in Pagliacci. Eva-Maria Westbroek is Santuzza, the wronged Sicilian heroine of Cavalleria Rusticana, and Patricia Racette is Nedda, the adulterous wife in Pagliacci. George Gagnidze also stars in both operas, singing the principal baritone roles of Alfio and Tonio, while Pagliacci also features Lucas Meachem as Silvio, Nedda’s lover. The double bill, directed by Sir David McVicar.

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LIBRETTI
Cavalleria Rusticana (English and Italian, side-by-side):http://www.murashev.com/opera/Cavalleria_rusticana_libretto_English_Italian

Pagliacci:
In English: http://www.murashev.com/opera/Pagliacci_libretto_English#
In Italian: http://www.impresario.ch/libretto/libleopag_i.htm