Il Tabarro, and Gianni Schicchi, English Touring Opera, ETO, Hackney Empire, March 2011
Posted on 5 March 2011Of the operas dealing with unfaithfulness in marriage, where a man kills his wife’s lover, the two that really get to me are Mascagni’s Cavalieri Rusticana, and Puccini’s Il Tabarro. The Puccini is a superbly dark and intense drama and, like his other operas, combines musical depth with gripping theatre. Moored on the Seine is a barge …