Cavalleria Rusticana/ Pagliacci, Royal Opera, ROH, Covent Garden, December 2017
Posted on 3 December 2017When Leoncavallo wrote Pagliacci he had in mind the brilliant success of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana — written to win a prize competition — and in this production of the double bill, director Damiano Michieletto cleverly combines the two operas. The travelling players of Pagliacci appear in the village where Cavalleria Rusticana takes place, and in …