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Afternoon Concert: Opera Matinée: Cav and Pag

Opera Matinée: Cav and Pag

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Opera Matinée: Cav and Pag

Penny Gore presents Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci.

Penny Gore presents Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci from Barcelona.

Opera Matinée: Penny Gore introduces the double bill of Cavalleria rusticana by Mascagni and Pagliacci by Leoncavallo, from Barcelona.

Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera in one act, adapted from a play and short story by Giovanni Verga

Elena Pankratova, soprano, Santuzza, a peasant girl	 
Roberto Alagna, tenor, Turiddu, a young villager recently returned from the army	 
María Luisa Corbacho, contralto, Mamma Lucia, Turiddu's mother	 
Gabriele Viviani, baritone, Alfio, a carter	 
Mercedes Gancedo, mezzo-soprano, Lola, wife of Alfio 

3.10pm: Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera in a prologue and two acts

Roberto Alagna, tenor, Canio, head of the troupe (Pagliaccio/Pierrot, Colombina's Husband)	 
Aleksandra Kurzak, soprano, Nedda, Canio's wife, in love with Silvio (Colombina, Pagliaccio's wife, in love with Arlecchino) 
Gabriele Viviani, baritone, Tonio the fool (Taddeo, Colombina's servant)	 
Vicenç Esteve, tenor, Beppe, actor (Arlecchino, Colombina's lover)	 
Duncan Rock, baritone, Silvio, Nedda's lover 

Amics de la Unió Children's Chorus, Granollers 
Josep Vila i Jover, chorus director 
Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus and Orchestra 
Henrik Nánási, conductor 

4.25: Another highlight of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra's season: 


Tchaikovsky Suite no. 4 in G major Op.61 (Mozartiana) 
		
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Recorded 12/03/20 in Glasgow City Halls

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