Overview

As comparably short operas, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci are often billed together, but seldom is the lead tenor making his double role debut as Turiddu and Canio on the same evening. At the 2015 Salzburg Easter Festival, Jonas Kaufmann did just that to rapturous praise. Universally hailed as a coup for Kaufmann, the plaudits were also showered on Philipp Stölzl for his innovative staging which includes live video projections while referencing the era of black-and-white movies.

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Cast

Jonas Kaufmann

Liudmyla Monastyrska

Ambrogio Maestri

Annalisa Stroppa

Stefania Toczyska

Maria Agresta

Dimitri Platanias

Alessio Arduini

Tansel Akzeybek