Sedliacka Česť / Komedianti by Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Aπό (2023/2023), Σκηνοθετημένο από Zuzana Fischer, αγωγός Igor Bulla, Štátna Opera, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

The veristic double title Peasant Honor (1890) and Comedians(1892) belongs to the golden fund of the world opera. Both works are representatives of the opera trend that took the world by storm at the end of the 19th century thanks to the faithful depiction of human emotions, passions, drives, jealousy and fear. History has shown that the extraordinary musical and philosophical content of these works still appeals to the audience with its vitality, thematic topicality and captivating music. Despite the forecasts about the short-term fashion of the works, today veristic works are among the most visited across large and small opera stages. Not for nothing, because in addition to the music, which draws the listener into its emotions, stories unfold before the viewer's eyes that could be the life of any of us: Although the young and beautiful Lola is married, she does not intend to give up her former lover either. This love affair makes the main actors happy and unhappy at the same time. Tradition and fate enter the game - according to ancient custom, Turrida must pay her husband with her own blood for her love. The story based on real events served Pietro Mascagni to compose the operaPeasant honor , which was a colossal success right after the premiere. Two years later, Ruggero Leoncavallo experienced the same enthusiastic frenzy with the premiere of his two-act play Comedians . Her story is similar in many ways to The Peasant's Honor : the essence is the tragedy of an aging actor who takes bloody revenge on his young unfaithful wife and his wife. The model for the libretto was once again a real criminal case, which his father decided as a judge. For the first time, the Metropolitan Opera in New York performed Peasant's Honor and Comedians in one evening in 1893. Since then, these works have been an inseparable pair. The State Opera continues this tradition for the fourth time in its history.