Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
Opera’s most popular double bill comes to dramatic life in this broadcast with a lineup of great singing actors, led by the magnetic Zinka Milanov as Santuzza and the incomparable Richard Tucker as her beloved Turiddu, in Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana. Pagliacci’s iconic clown, Canio, is sung by Kurt Baum, opposite Delia Rigal as Nedda—his young wife whose infidelity leads to tragedy and death, in a thrilling scene of life imitating art. The legendary Leonard Warren is Tonio.
Full SynopsisPerformance Info
Performance Date
Mar 3, 1951
Composer
Pietro Mascagni & Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Librettist
Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Guido Menasci, Ruggero Leoncavallo
Run Time
2 HRS 18 MIN
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus