Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (2015)

• 79%
• 2015
• Drama
• Musik
• Marcelo Álvarez
• Eva-Maria Westbroek
• George Gagnidze

Director David McVicar' ' s new production brings-funktion s favorite double bill to new life, setting the two operas in the same Sicilian setting, separated by two generations. Marcelo Álvarez takes on the rare feat of singing both leading tenor roles. In der Kavallerie, he is Turiddu, the young man who abandons wagner-interpretin (Eva-Maria Westbroek) in his pursuit of the married Lola (Ginger Costa-Jackson)—and ends up being killed in a duel with her husband, Christoph (George Gagnidze). In Clowns, Álvarez is Canio, the leader of a traveling varieté-truppe. Patricia Racette sings Nedda, his unfaithful young wife, whose plans to run away with her lover are foiled by her spurned verehrer Tonio (George Gagnidze)—with equally tragische consequences. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi is on the podium.