Opera & Family
Super
Saturday
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LA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
Opera
Cavalleria Rusticana
& Pagliacci Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo
& Pagliacci
Presentation
One of the most popular opera double-headers is once again on the bill at La Monnaie after an absence of 15 years. In these two short operas, obsessive love and jealousy give rise to explosive emotions and passionate outbursts in the music. In both Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci, the stage is peopled by characters of flesh and blood. Reality becomes theatre and, when the masks drop, the theatre becomes reality. Mascagni and Leoncavallo brought rural Italy to the opera stage, ushering in musical verismo. Following his summery Elisir d’amore (2015), Damiano Michieletto is our guest once more with a Mediterranean drama that seems tailor-made for him. He moves the action to the late twentieth century, in a village in southern Italy in the grip of poverty and hypocrisy. Together with the spectators in Pagliacci, we may ask ourselves ‘Do they really? Is it serious?’ Come along and find out for yourself.
Synopsis
Cavalleria rusticana
Turiddu was once in love with Lola, but when he returns from military service, he learns that she has married Alfio. After hearing that, he starts a relationship with Santuzza. Easter Sunday in a Sicilian village: Turiddu meets Lola in secret; Santuzza suspects that Turiddu is unfaithful and confronts both his mother, Mamma Lucia, and Turiddu himself. She begs her beloved to come back to her, but in vain: Turiddu refuses to yield to her jealous pleas and rejects her. The resentful Santuzza tells Alfio what has been going on behind his back. Alfio challenges Turiddu to a duel. A voice cries out that Turiddu has been killed.
Pagliacci
It is the feast of the Assumption in a village in Calabria. A troop of actors, led by Canio, arrives to stage a play. Canio’s wife Nedda rejects the advances of her fellow actor Tonio. Hurt by this rejection, Tonio swears he will have vengeance. He overhears a conversation between Nedda and her lover, Silvio, with whom she intends to run away. Tonio informs Canio. In the play, Nedda plays the part of Colombina, who betrays her husband, Pagliaccio (Canio), with Arlecchino. In the course of the performance, Canio becomes increasingly enraged. Finally – at first sight, it seems, in his stage role as a jealous husband – he stabs both his wife and her lover to death.
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Dates & tickets
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Location
Running time
3 hours 20 min. (with interval)
Language
Sung in Italian
Surtitles in Dutch and French
Presentation
Pre-performance talks 30' before the start of the performances
Prices
Ticket prices from € 10 to € 149
-30 years old: € 10 / € 50
-15 years old: € 10 / € 25
Streaming
live on
operavision.eu
14.03.2018
broadcast on Klara
14.04.2018
streaming on
www.lamonnaie.be/en/streaming
10.04 > 30.04.2018
Gallery
© Forster
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Dates
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Tue 06 Mar 2018
Time19:30
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Wed 07 Mar 2018
Time19:30
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Fri 09 Mar 2018
Time19:30
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Sun 11 Mar 2018
Time15:00
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Tue 13 Mar 2018
Time19:30
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Wed 14 Mar 2018
Time19:30
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Fri 16 Mar 2018
Time19:30
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Sun 18 Mar 2018
Time15:00
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Tue 20 Mar 2018
Time14:00
VenueInfosTickets can only be bought at MM Tickets
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Wed 21 Mar 2018
Time19:30
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Thu 22 Mar 2018
Time19:00
VenueInfosGala BNP Paribas Fortis
Cast
Cast
ConductorEVELINO PIDÒ
DirectorDAMIANO MICHIELETTO
Set designPAOLO FANTIN
CostumesCARLA TETI
LightingALESSANDRO CARLETTI
Chorus masterMARTINO FAGGIANI
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
SantuzzaEVA-MARIA WESTBROEK
ALEX PENDA (7, 13, 16, 20, 21, 22.03.2018)
LolaJOSÈ MARIA LO MONACO
TuridduTEODOR ILINCAI
LEONARDO CAIMI (7, 13, 20.03.2018)
AlfioDIMITRI PLATANIAS
LuciaELENA ZILIO
PAGLIACCI
NeddaSIMONA MIHAI*
CanioCARLO VENTRE
TonioSCOTT HENDRICKS
PeppeTANSEL AKZEYBEK
SilvioGABRIELE NANI
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
MM Academy & La Monnaie's Children's and Youth Chorus, conducted by Benoît Giaux Giaux
ProductionLA MONNAIE / DE MUNT
Co-productionROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN, OPERA AUSTRALIA, GÖTEBORGSOPERAN
* For family reasons, Ainhoa Arteta had to withdraw from this production.
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