Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci **
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, 5th April 2018
Pagliacci begins with a prologue in which the clown, Tonio, explains that their show is “a slice of life” about real people, so one could forgive director Pippo Delbono for preceding Pagliacci‘s verismo twin – Cavalleria rusticana – with his own prologue. Microphone in hand, he addressed the audience at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma to briefly recount a couple of anecdotes, also printed in the programme book, to relate why Easter touches him. Unfortunately, that was not the last Delbono was to be seen – or heard – during the evening, severely testing the crowd’s patience.
armela Remigio (Nedda) and Fabio Sartori (Canio)
© Yasuko Kageyama | Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
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