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When passion kills: Cavalleria Rusticana/ Pagliacci at ROH with extraordinary cast

The production of the double bill Cavalleria Rusticana/ Pagliacci at Royal Opera House this season is a revival of recently highly praised and Olivier-Award-winning staging by Damiano Michieletto, this time with the extraordinary cast, especially Elīna Garanča as Santuzza and double role debut of Bryan Hymel as Turridu and Canio. The ticket was sourced a […]

Passion crucified: Garanča and Antonacci in Cavalleria Rusticana/ Sancta Susanna at Opéra Bastille

One of the most intriguing questions while preparing for Cavalleria Rusticana / Sancta Susanna at Opéra Bastille was an unusual pairing of those two operas and intrigue how the director would have solved linkage between those quite different pieces. What was clear before the performance – this will be unsurpassed opportunity to hear two outstanding […]