Pagliacci / Cavalleria rusticana (Dutch National Opera)

Ruggero Leoncavallo - Pagliacci
Pietro Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana
These two pinnacles of Italian opera, Pagliacci and Cavalleria rusticana have it all - love, infidelity, betrayal, jealousy and murder. Both are classic examples of verismo operas that dramatise the lives of ordinary people: Pagliacci fuelled by the tension between everyday life and the aesthetic world of the stage, Cavalleria rusticana juxtaposing unbridled passion with profound faith. Robert Carsen’s widely acclaimed 2019 production plays a masterful game of theatre-in-theatre, avoiding clichés and calling into question the nature of reality.
Pagliacci
Opera in a prologue with two acts (1892)
Libretto by the composer
Prologue / Tonio - Roman Burdenko, baritone
Nedda - Ailyn Pérez, soprano
Canio - Brandon Jovanovich, tenor
Peppe - Marco Ciaponi, tenor
Silvio - Mattia Olivieri, baritone
Cavalleria rusticana
Opera in one act (1890)
Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci
Santuzza - Anita Rachvelishvili, mezzo-soprano
Lola - Rihab Chaieb, mezzo-soprano
Turiddu - Brian Jagde, tenor
Alfio - Roman Burdenko, baritone
Lucia - Elena Zilio, mezzo-soprano
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Chorus Master - Ching-Lien Wu
Nieuw Amsterdams Kinderkoor
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor - Lorenzo Viotti
Stage Director - Robert Carsen
Set Designer - Radu Boruzescu
Film Director - François Roussillon
Filmed on 18 and 28 September 2019 at Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam
DVD 2.110670 / Blu-ray NBD0117V
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[@mistere12]

bravissimo!

[@ignorantdenieridiotortroll7242]

So Pagliacci is now a musical. He needs to keep his arms out of the way of the microphones as it affects the sound.. What would the composer think? Crappola.

[@jefolson6989]

A bit pitchy and overly gesticulatory. And the audible breathing! It a piece that's hard to over do, but he nearly makes it. And does this production make sense?

[@archiereece8321]

Nedda's got a nice body

[@chriggsiii]

Major rasping! Yes, the voice is better, not worse, than it's been in the past, but man, talk about burning the candle.

[@ESilva-qv1uv]

Awful production. The singing is also far from the best. Not worth buying.

[@aplussexual]

OMG his voice so busted... 😅🤦🏻😨

[@timmeijers87]

I saw this in the house, and he sounded great, dramatically totally committed as if he was actually going mad. Almost scary. Not for a second did it sound like a voice in decline.