Midland Opera

Midland Opera makes its first visit to The Old Rep, presenting a compelling production of this traditionally paired opera double-bill. Superb principals sing to a reduced orchestration.

Sung in English, both operas are set in early 1900s New York, where love, vengeance and familial loyalty weave seamlessly through the stunning scores of Mascagni and Leoncavallo.

In Cavalleria Rusticana(with the popular Easter Hymn and Intermezzo) love-tangles and gang loyalty divide a close-knit community.

In I Pagliacci - featuring the famous tenor aria, Vesti la giubba– passions erupt as a visiting entertainer and his wife present the final act of their destructive relationship to a horrified crowd.