| The Royal Opera - Cavalleria Rusticana Reviews | 23 April 2024 |
Eva-Maria Westbroek (Santuzza)
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Elena Zilio (Lucia), Aleksandrs Antonenko (Turiddu)
Dimitri Platanuas (Alfio), Chorus
Eva-Maria Westbroek (Santuzza)
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Cavalleria RusticanaThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 21 | |
Cavapagliacci con Silvio y Lucía |
 4 Jan 16 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Pane, amore e gelosia |
| 15 Dec 15 / Leidmotief |
Damiano Michelietto has redeemed himself |
| 13 Dec 15 / Express |
Cavalleria rusticana et Pagliacci à la Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
| 11 Dec 15 / Opera Online (French) |
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2015/12/cavpag_at_royal.php |
| 11 Dec 15 / Opera Today |
Antonio Pappano leading the orchestra and superb cast in a gripping evening of musical drama |
| 10 Dec 15 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Royal Opera’s Cavalleria rusticana isn’t nearly vulgar enough |
| 10 Dec 15 / The Spectator |
Passionless peasants |
| 9 Dec 15 / The Critics' Circle |
A triumphant night for The Royal Opera |
| 7 Dec 15 / Music OMH |
The director of Royal Opera’s controversial Guillaume Tell wins cheers, mostly, for a revealing new Cav and Pag |
| 7 Dec 15 / The Observer |
Michieletto returns to Covent Garden with an interesting and clever Cav & Pag |
| 7 Dec 15 / Seen and Heard |
Damiano Michieletto’s direction is what bewitched more than the operas themselves |
| 6 Dec 15 / A Younger Theatre |
After his controversial Guillaume Tell, director Damiano Michieletto's latest outing is solid and conventional |
| 5 Dec 15 / Telegraph |
Mixed values in Damiano Michieletto’s double-bill make for an unbalanced evening |
| 5 Dec 15 / The Stage |
Blood and passion |
| 5 Dec 15 / Evening Standard |
Ravishing sounds and detailed naturalism |
| 5 Dec 15 / The Guardian |
Michieletto gives the two operas’ sex, violence and revenge their broadly conventional due |
| 5 Dec 15 / Classical Source |
Superb casting and choruses create triumphant evening |
| 5 Dec 15 / Independent |
Opera's dysfunctional twins in a stunning new Covent Garden production |
| 5 Dec 15 / What's on Stage |
Verismo gets horribly real in this thrilling new production of two Italian classics |
| 5 Dec 15 / The Arts Desk |
Passion Plays: Michieletto’s interwoven Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci |
| 4 Dec 15 / Bachtrack |
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Damiano Michieletto: 'Being booed is not an honour'
Michieletto has now returned to Covent Garden to prepare new productions of those grand old Italian melodramas of murderous sexual jealousy and revenge, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci.
Michieletto has now returned to Covent Garden to prepare new productions of those grand old Italian melodramas of murderous sexual jealousy and revenge, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci.
Smelled any good operas lately?
The Royal Opera's production of 'Cav and Pag' could take audience involvement to a new level.
The Royal Opera's production of 'Cav and Pag' could take audience involvement to a new level.
Production details
Cast
Westbroek, Antonenko/Lee, Zilio, Platanias, Belli
(c) Pappano (d) Michieletto
Performance dates
3, 7, 10, 13(m), 15, 18(m), 21, 29 December 2015, 1 January 2016
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