Organization

Osterfestspiele Salzburg

Singer

Soprano

Maria Agresta

Nedda

Tenor

Jonas Kaufmann

Canio

Baritone

Dimitri Platanias

Tonio

Tansel Akzeybek

Peppe

Alessio Arduini

Silvio

Conductor

Christian Thielemann

Stage director

Philipp Stölzl

Set designer

Heike Vollmer

Costume designer

Ursula Kudrna

Lighting designer

Heinz Ilsanker

Chorus master

Jörn Hinnerk Andresen

Dramaturge

Jan Dvořák

Pagliacci

Salzburg

Austria

Großes Festspielhaus

"Opera as great romantic cinema", wrote the Salzburger Nachrichten about the two one-act operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci, which were real crowd pullers and ensured record attendances at the Easter Festival. No wonder, because "Jonas Kaufmann, for whom it was his role debut in both cases, was in top form twice" (Daily Telegraph). "Kaufmann sings both parts so lyrically, with such an Italianità, softly with flawless highs, that it becomes a pure pleasure." (Kurier) Equally impressive are Thielemann, "the chief conductor" (Telegraph), and the Dresdeners, who "take their time for sensitive, melodious portraits of the soul and at the same time deliver perfect drama at the right moment. What we hear from the orchestra pit is sensational to the core Detail."
The film and opera director Philipp Stölzl directs and contributes to the great fascination of the performance: Stölzl divides the stage into several levels in which he doubles and triples the scenes of the crowd below, the private feelings above - the latter projected with cinematic close-ups.
Such productions, according to Kurier, "simply have to be described as world class". "Thrilling!" concludes the telegraph.

Pagliacci Leoncavallo

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