Name: Pagliacci
Start: 2018-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2018-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: La Monnaie

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Organization

Soprano

Simona Mihai

Nedda

Tenor

Carlo Ventre

Canio

Baritone

Scott Hendricks

Tonio

Tansel Akzeybek

Peppe

Gabriele Nani

Silvio

Conductor

Evelino Pidò

Stage director

Damiano Michieletto

Set designer

Paulo Fantin

Costume designer

Carla Teti

Lighting designer

Alessandro Carletti

Chorus master

Martino Faggiani

La Monnaie/De Munt

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La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

Italian

Pagliacci

Brussels

Belgium

La Monnaie

Grande Salle

Pagliacci Leoncavallo

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Approved

Act I. Canio (Carlo Ventre) has just discovered that his wife has been unfaithful. As he prepares to make his appearance on stage as a clown, he feels confused and doesn't know who he is anyway – himself or his foolish character. Conducted by Evelino Pidò and directed by Damiano Michieletto. More info: http://bit.ly/2HvVaHu

One of the most popular opera double-headers is once again on the bill at La Monnaie after an absence of 15 years. In these two short operas, obsessive love and jealousy give rise to explosive emotions and passionate outbursts in the music. In both Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci, the stage is peopled by characters of flesh and blood. Reality becomes theatre and, when the masks drop, the theatre becomes reality. Mascagni and Leoncavallo brought rural Italy to the opera stage, ushering in musical verismo. Following his summery Elisir d’amore (2015), Damiano Michieletto is our guest once more with a Mediterranean drama that seems tailor-made for him. He moves the action to the late twentieth century, in a village in southern Italy in the grip of poverty and hypocrisy. Together with the spectators in Pagliacci, we may ask ourselves ‘Do they really? Is it serious?’ Come along and find out for yourself.

English

Pagliacci by Leoncavallo, Wed 14 Mar 2018, From (2018/2018), Directed by Damiano Michieletto,, Conductor Evelino Pidò, La Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium

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