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Pagliacci / Cavalleria Rusticana

Pagliacci

Thrilling, raw and shocking, this ‘bleeding slice of life’ packs an explosive punch into its running time of just over an hour. A travelling company of commedia dell’arte players prepares for a show, but their performance soon disintegrates, as a hidden affair unravels into dangerous, violent jealousy.

Leoncavallo’s most successful opera, Pagliacci (The Clowns) is a classic example of the heightened intensity, ‘real-life’ settings and compulsive dramatic drive of the Italian verismo style, with musical highlights including Canio’s celebrated aria ‘Vesti la giubba’ and Tonio’s Prologue.

Cavalleria Rusticana

The craze for the short and sharp thrills of grittily intense verismo opera was launched by Mascagni’s wildly popular Cavalleria rusticana (Rustic Chivalry), which shares both its shock value and its core themes of betrayal, jealousy and vengeance with Pagliacci, the opera it is most often paired with.

Set at Easter, Cavalleria rusticana tells the tale of Turiddù, a soldier, who has returned from the army to find his lover, Lola, has married another man. In consolation, he has seduced Santuzza, leaving her desperate, while still nurturing his obsessive desire for Lola.

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Theatre Royal

100 Grey Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 6BR

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Opera North image © Robert Workman

Theatre Royal

100 Grey Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 6BR

Disabled Booking:
08448 11 21 21

See all events at Theatre Royal