17th March 2020

Corona Virus :

We are stopping all SpArC Theatre events from today .

We will keep you informed as to when we will recommence.

CANCELLED

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA/PAGLIACCI

Cinema encore Via Satellite  Sunday 26 April 2020

Two opera classics are drawn together in this wonderfully observed re-creation of life

in a south Italian village as a travelling theatre visits and emotions erupt. The award-winning production by Damiano Michieletto presents vividly the fast-moving, shocking events brought about by secret love and uncontrollable jealousy. The music is full of Italianate melody in the great choruses that bring the villagers together in celebration and revelry, alongside the solo arias and tense confrontations that provoke violence and tragedy. With thrilling singing and intense drama, ‘Cav and Pag’ distils into one wonderful night out, the enduring appeal of Italian opera in its most familiar form.

Sung in Italian with English subtitles

Approximate running time: about 3 hours

Conductor Daniel Oren

Director Damiano Michieletto

Set designer Paolo Fantin

Costume designer Carla Teti

Lighting designer Alessandro Carletti

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA

Music Pietro Mascagni

Libretto Giovanni
Targioni-Tozzetti and
Guido Menasci

Turiddu Yonghoon Lee

Santuzza
Liudmyla Monastyrska

Alfio Dimitri Platanias

Lola Josè Maria Lo Monaco

PAGLIACCI

Music Ruggero Leoncavallo

Libretto Ruggero Leoncavallo

Canio Roberto Alagna

Tonio Dimitri Platanias

Nedda Aleksandra Kurzak

Silvio Bogdan Baciu

Beppe Mikeldi Atxalandabaso

Royal Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House