Cavalleria Rusticana – Pietro Mascagni; Pagliacci – Ruggero Leoncavallo Opera Australia, Joan Sutherland Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House, 12 January 2017 Opera Australia has continued its summer season with a new production of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, following its customary New Year performances of La Bohème. This double bill is a joint enterprise with the…
Opera’s dramatic double bill – Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci returns this January, presented by Opera Australia in an Olivier Award-winning co-production with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Götebord Opera Sweden and La Monnaie Brussels. Oozing with tragedy, intrigue, despair and overpowering emotion, Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana is a one-act tale of ‘rustic chivalry’ and ‘vendetta’ which…
Next year, Opera Australia presents King Roger by the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski (1882 – 1937). Get the story behind this rarely performed opera when the Sydney Opera Society presents a talk by Dr David Schwartz on this 20th century masterpiece. Opera Australia’s presentation in January 2017, is a co-production from the Royal Opera Covent Garden, directed by Kasper Holten….