Sunday 18 February at 6.00pm on RNZ Concert
Metropolitan Opera 2018 Season
A classic double bill of verismo operas - two tales of passion, jealousy, and death set in southern Italy.
In the Met’s production, the action takes place in the same village across two generations, with Cavalleria set in 1900 and Pagliacci set in 1949.
MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana
Turiddu........................ Roberto Alagna
Santuzza...................... Ekaterina Semenchuk
Alfio............................ George Gagnidze
LEONCAVALLO: Pagliacci
Canio........................... Roberto Alagna
Nedda.......................... Danielle Pastin
Tonio........................... George Gagnidze
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra/Nicola Luisotti (EBU)