Artist

Admin

Bavarian State Opera

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Rosalind Plowright

Lucia

Stage director

Stage director (+4)

Francesco Micheli

Set designer

Set designer (+2)

Edoardo Sanchi

Costume designer

Daniela Cernigliaro

Lighting designer

Alessandro Carletti

Chorusmaster

Chorusmaster (+1)

Christoph Heil

Conductor (+5)

Kamila Akhmedjanova

Dramaturge

Dramaturge (+1)

Alberto Mattioli

Malte Krasting

Baritone (+2)

Wolfgang Koch

Alfio

Orchestra

Bavarian State Orchestra

Chorus

Bayerische Staatsoper Chorus

Bayerische Staatsoper Children Chorus

Soprano (+3)

Ailyn Pérez

Nedda

Tonio

Nationaltheater Munich

Choreographer

Choreographer (+1)

Mattia Agatiello

Tenor (+2)

Zachary Rioux

Peasants

Baritone (+8)

Christian Rieger

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Daniele Rustioni

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Yulia Matochkina

Santuzza

Tenor (+3)

Jonas Kaufmann

Canio

Tenor

Ivan Gyngazov

Turiddu

Ekaterine Buachidze

Lola

Granit Musliu

Peppe

Baritone (+3)

Thomas Mole

Silvio

Munich Opera Festival

Tenor (+1)

Riccardo Massi

Rihab Chaieb

Andrés Agudelo

Jonathan Tetelman

Andrzej Filończyk

Soprano (+1)

Anna Pirozzi

Daniele Callegari

“The artist is a man, and he must write for men. … and you will see true hatred and its bitter fruit.” In the Pagliacci prologue, Tonio tells us what this opera is about – it seeks to put the reality of life on the stage. This applies for both works, which will now enjoy their first new staging at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 46 years (1978). Together Cavalleria rusticana by Pietro Mascagni and Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo simply exemplify verismo. The basic situation: A woman is unfaithful. Another reveals this to the husband, and he, spurred on by this woman, takes bloody revenge on the lover. Cavalleria rusticana is about Turiddu, who returns to find his old flame Lola again, but she is now married to the carter, Alfio. Turiddu then consoles himself by seducing Santuzza. But the old love is reignited, and Lola betrays her husband, and Turiddu his girlfriend. In Pagliacci, the plot revolves around Nedda and her husband Canio, the leader of a group of comedians. Nedda’s love for him has grown cold, so she turns to the farmer, Silvio. 

The direction team at Francesco Micheli’s side have found a common thread for the two operas, written independently of each other, but often performed together: “We want to construct one single story, the story of a man who in Cavalleria rusticana has lost his roots and in Pagliacci tries to re-establish his original ties in a new society, however fails miserably in doing so.”

Italian

Cristina Pardo Ramírez

Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci

Munich

Germany

Münchner Opernfestspiele

Cavalleria rusticana Mascagni (+1 More)

Staged

Opera

Rustic Chivalry

Pagliacci

German

English

Am 22. Mai 2025 feiert der Doppelabend von Pietro Mascagnis Oper CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA in Kombination mit Ruggero Leoncavallos PAGLIACCI in der Inszenierung von Francesco Micheli Premiere an der Bayerischen Staatsoper.

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI - Gedanken zur Inszenierung

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