Opera Orlando artistic director Grant Preisser had a nifty idea: There are two shortish operas, both set in a town square in Sicily, both taking place in a single day and both dealing with love and ...

Covent Garden’s Christmas offering is everyone’s favourite double bill, even though these twin peaks of verismo – earthy Italian realism – were not designed to be yoked together. But Damiano ...

It was one of the tragedies of Mascagni’s career that although he wrote and produced 15 other operas, none came close to matching the spectacular success of Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry).

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Seething temperament and strong emotions are in play in these two operas in which we are invited on a journey to Sicily's hot-blooded universe of seduction and jealousy. "It's about people who are ...

Check out photos from CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA and PAGLIACCI at Pittsburgh Opera. The operas will be performed November 9, 12, 15, and 17, 2024 at Benedum Center. Jealousy, two-timing, and revenge unite ...

DULUTH — Sarah Lawrence was seriously excited. As an artistic director of Lyric Opera of the North, Lawrence was a connector among all the people the Duluth-based organization has convened to perform ...

Easter morning in Sicily conjures orange trees scenting the air, larks singing among flowering myrtles, men in fields of golden grain. At least, it does if you have in mind Pietro Mascagni’s great ...

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Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. Name a more dramatic duo… I’ll wait. Opera’s favourite double act returns to the Royal Opera House in the form of Damiano ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Of all opera, verismo has to live within the dying moment, catching the thrill of the voice even as it fades. Millions of people go to ...