- Opera
- 9 feb – 31 mar 2019, Main Stage.
- 3 hours and 10 minutes, including 1 interval.
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Ensemble
Press images
Team
- Conductor
- Pier Giorgio Morandi
- Direction of original production
- Damiano Michieletto
- Direction of revival production
- Rodula Gaitanou
- Set design
- Paolo Fantin
- Costume design
- Carla Teti
- Lighting design
- Alessandro Carletti
Cavalleria Rusticana
- Santuzza
- Annalena Persson
- Santuzza (23, 29, 31 March)
- Katarina Karnéus
- Turiddu
- Joachim Bäckström
- Mamma Lucia
- Rosalind Plowright
- Alfio
- Åke Zetterström
- Lola
- Ann-Kristin Jones
- The Göteborg Opera Chorus
- The Göteborg Opera Orchestra
- Extras
Pagliacci
- Canio
- Tomas Lind
- Nedda
- Ida Falk Winland
- Nedda (9 Feb, 23, 29, 31 March)
- Carolina Sandgren
- Tonio
- Mats Persson
- Beppe
- Markus Pettersson
- Silvio
- Luthando Qave
- Un contadino
- Mikael Simlund
- Un contadino (9/2)
- Richard Laby
- Un altro contadino
- Dardan Bakraqi
- The Göteborg Opera Chorus
- The Göteborg Opera Orchestra
- Extras
Tickets SEK 100–655. 13 performances. Co-production with the Royal Opera House, Opera Australia and La Monnaie. Can be selected as a part of the Your Choice subscription.
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
Bloody revenge in Sicily.
Cavalleria rusticana
A one-act opera by Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945). Libretto Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, based on Giovanni Verga’s novel.
Pagliacci
A one-act opera by Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857–1919). Libretto by the composer.
Co-production with the Royal Opera House, Opera Australia and La Monnaie.
Performed in Italian with Swedish and English surtitles.
The premiere will be broadcast live on Swedish National Radio.
”Feverish Italian orchestral brilliance at the Göteborg Opera”— SR Kulturnytt
”A real achievement!”— Dagens Nyheter
”Seductive opera”— Göteborgs-Posten
”Goes right for the tear-ducts”— GT/Expressen
”Opera at its best”— Borås Tidning
They were not originally intended to be performed together, but since the early 20th century they have been constantly performed together, as is the case in this successful production from director Damiano Michieletto. His strong staging, which won the Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production at its premiere in London in 2015, shows how a small village suffers two catastrophic tragedies: revenge with a fatal outcome, and the murder of a wife by her husband in a fit of rage. Both to tender, scintillating music.
Italian maestro Pier Giorgo Morandi, an expert in this type of musical drama, makes a welcome return to the conductor’s podium. In the role of Canio, Tomas Lind performs one of the most demanding Italian tenor roles, with the famous aria Vesti la giubba. The role of his young wife Nedda will be shared by Ida Falk Winland and Carolina Sandgren, while Cavaliera Rusticana’s former lovers Santuzza and Turiddu, portrayed by Joachim Bäckström and Annalena Persson/ Katarina Karnéus, pour out their frustrations and desire.
Images from the performance
Listen to ”When social norms break down” — a panel discussion about Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
Panel: Rodula Gaitanou (director), Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor), Åke Zetterström (Alfio), Annalena Persson (Santuzza) and David Benelbaz (psychologist). Chairing the panel is The Göteborg Opera's dramaturgist, Göran Gademan. Musical interludes, with Karin Holm accompanying on the piano.
The discussion is in English, and was recorded 31 January 2019 on the Small Stage.
Introductions
Take the opportunity to learn more about the performance and get insight into the story and the background. Introductions take place either on our Small Stage or in the Opera Bar an hour before opera and dance performances (but are not held before premieres, guest performances or dance performances which have a physical introduction).
Introductions do not cost anything extra, use your performance ticket to enter. Introduction take about 20 minutes and are presented in Swedish. They are popular, so come early to make sure you get a seat!
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