Jonas Kaufmann: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
8.0 / 10
161 minutes
2015-08-08
Italian
AT
Actors :
Jonas Kaufmann, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Ambrogio Maestri, Annalisa Stroppa, Stefania Toczyska, Maria Agresta, Dimitri Platanias, Alessio Arduini, Tansel Akzeybek
Description
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.