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Organization

Singer

Soprano

Ekaterina Semenchuk

Santuzza

Eva-Maria Westbroek

Tenor

Roberto Alagna

Turiddu

Baritone

George Gagnidze

Alfio

Željko Lučić

Mezzo-soprano

Rihab Chaieb

Lola

Contralto

Jane Bunnell

Lucia

Conductor

Nicola Luisotti

Stage director

David McVicar

Set designer

Rae Smith

Costume designer

Moritz Junge

Lighting designer

Paule Constable

Choreographer

Andrew George

Aleksandra Kurzak

Nedda

Canio

Tonio

Andrew Bidlack

Peppe

Alessio Arduini

Silvio

Alexey Lavrov

Danielle Pastin

The Metropolitan Opera

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Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Italian

Cavalleria rusticana -  (Rustic Chivalry)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci—the verismo masterpieces first paired at the Met in 1893—both feature gripping roles for the lead tenor. Many celebrated artists have sung both Turiddu and Canio during their Met careers, but only a handful have tackled them together in the same performance. One who has is Roberto Alagna, who first accomplished the feat in 2009 and then reprised his stirring portrayals during the 2017–18 season. In this Saturday Matinee Radio Broadcast, the formidable tenor leads two extraordinary dramatic casts: In Cavalleria Rusticana, mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk gives a heartbreaking performance as Turridu’s scorned lover, Santuzza, sharing the stage with mezzo-soprano Jane Bunnell as Mama Lucia, mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb as Lola, and baritone George Gagnidze as Alfio. After the intermission, Alagna returns as Canio in Pagliacci, starring alongside soprano Danielle Pastin as Nedda, baritone Alexey Lavrov as Silvio, and Gagnidze as Tonio. Nicola Luisotti takes the podium to conduct both halves of this exhilarating operatic double bill.

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