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Opera on 3: Live from the Met: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci

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The most popular of operatic double bills - "Cav and Pag" - combines in one evening Mascagni and Leoncavallo's sordid tales of jealousy, treachery and brutal death to the accompaniment of music bursting with unbridled Italian passion.

Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana - Chorus and Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera, conductor Carlo Rizzi

7.50 Wonderful Town
Miles Warde talks to Joseph Polisi, director of New York's Juilliard School of Music.

8.20 Leoncavallo Pagliacci

Contributors

Singers:
Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera
Musicians:
Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera
Conductor:
Carlo Rizzi
Santuzza:
Dolora Zajick (mezzo)
Turiddu:
Fabio Armiliato (tenor)
Alfio:
Kim Josephson (baritone)
Mamma Lucia:
Jane Shaulis (mezzo)
Lola:
Victoria Livengood (mezzo)
Nedda:
Veronica Villarroel (soprano)
Canio:
Dennis O'Neill (tenor)
Tonio:
Juan Pons (baritone)
Silvio:
Dwayne Croft (baritone)
Beppe:
Charles Castronovo (tenor)
Presenter (Wonderful Town):
Miles Warde
Guest (Wonderful Town):
Joseph Polisi
Source: Radio Times

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