Name: Cavalleria rusticana
Start: 2023-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Stifel Theatre

Organization

Conductor

James Gaffigan

Singer

Soprano

Heidi Melton

Santuzza

Mezzo-soprano

Katherine Beck

Lola

Contralto

Meredith Arwady

Lucia

Tenor

Antonio Poli

Turiddu

Baritone

Anthony Clark Evans

Alfio

Orchestra

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Others

St. Louis Symphony Chorus

Cavalleria rusticana -  (Rustic Chivalry)

St. Louis

United States

Stifel Theatre

Public

Rustic Chivalry

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Bass

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Sicily, 1900. A beautiful place with a passionate underbelly. The perfect setting for Pietro Mascagni’s legendary Cavalleria rusticana, a compelling story of love and betrayal. Turiddu and Lola have happily rekindled their old love, but Lola’s husband finds out, and Santuzza feels betrayed, all with dire consequences. Conductor James Gaffigan brings an international reputation as an opera conductor, and he tells this tale with white-hot intensity. 

A few things to know: 

Mascagni’s first big success was Cavalleria rusticana, written when he was 27. It has overshadowed all of his other works, which include 14 other operas. Mascgani’s wife entered Cavalleria rusticana into a competition, and its win set it on a path of international success. “It is a pity I wrote Cavalleria first,” he said later, “for I was crowned before I became king.” 
The story, briefly: Turiddu, a soldier, learns that his old flame, Lola, has married someone else. Eventually, Lola and Turiddu have an affair, and Lola’s husband takes violent revenge and Santuzza, passionately in love with Turridu, feels betrayed. The title translates roughly as “Rustic Chivalry.”  
American conductor James Gaffigan is music director at two internationally renowned opera houses, in Berlin and Valencia. But he adores doing concert performances of opera: “I believe that opera is first and foremost about music, and then theatre. Music must be cherished and taken care of.” 
Katherine Beck’s performance is supported by the Sarah Bryan Miller Fund.
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English

Rustic Chivalry by Mascagni, Ó (2023/2023), Seoltóir James Gaffigan, Stifel Theatre, St. Louis, United States

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid