13 - 15/10/2006 20:00
Macao Cultural Centre - Grand Auditorium
400
Cavalleria Rusticana
Opera in 1 Act by Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
| Cast |
|
| Santuzza |
Katja Lytting and
Federica Proietti (14/10), Mezzo-sopranos |
| Turiddu |
Oleg Kulko and
Warren Mok
(14/10), Tenors |
| Alfio |
Marco Di Felice,
Baritone |
| Lola |
Simona Bertini and
Robin Follman (14/10), Mezzo-sopranos |
| Mamma Lucia |
Anne Pareuil,
Contralto |
I Pagliacci
Opera in 2 Acts by Rugero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
| Cast |
|
| Canio |
Oleg Kulko and Warren Mok
(14/10), Tenors |
| Nedda |
Robin Follman and Simona
Bertini (14/10), Sopranos |
| Tonio |
Albert Schagidullin, Baritone |
| Beppe |
Alfred Boe, Tenor |
| Silvio |
Piero Terranova, Baritone |
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Conductor:
Stephen Mould
The Macao Orchestra
Macao Kao Yip Middle School Children’s Choir
The Shanghai Opera House Chorus
Stage Director: Henry Akina
Assistant Stage Director and Manager: Matthew Ozawa
Set Designer: Roberto Lagana
Lighting Designer: Peter Dean Beck
Costume Designer: Fabrizio Onali and Otello Camponeschi
Production: Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao S.A.R. Government and
Baltimore Opera, USA
Two Italian operas written in the romantic 19th
century are paired on a traditional double-bill. They sing tales of ill-fated
love triangles. The first of these is Cavalleria Rusticana, the keystone
of the gritty, realistic verismo style. A young Pietro Mascagni composed
this one-act opera to a simple but intense story by Giovanni Verga. Dangerous
jealousy forms the backdrop of Ruggero Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci, as
well. The life of the unfaithful actress ends tragically on the comedia
dell'arte stage, while in Cavalleria, the lover Turiddu perishes in a
Sicilian-style duel of inflamed passions.
Duration: approximately 3 hours, including one
20-minute intermission