Alexey Lavrov will perform the role of Silvio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci on the Saturday January 13 matinee performance, replacing Alessio Arduini, who is ill

Alexey Lavrov will perform the role of Silvio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci on the Saturday January 13 matinee performance, replacing Alessio Arduini, who is ill. This performance of Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci will be heard live over Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. 

Alexey Lavrov previously sang the role of Silvio in Pagliacci at the Met in 2016 and has also sung the role at Opernhaus Zürich. This season Lavrov has sung the role of Ping in Puccini’s Turandot at the Met,and is scheduled to perform as Schaunard in Puccini’s La Bohème in February, a part he sang with the company last year. A graduate of the Met’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Lavrov made his company debut in 2013 as the Herald in Verdi’s Otello and has since appeared as Dr. Malatesta in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Schaunard in Puccini’s La Bohème, Count Dominik in Strauss’ Arabella, the Huntsman in Dvořák’s Rusalka, and Yamadori in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. 

The performances of Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci are conducted by Nicola Luisotti and star Roberto Alagna, Ekaterina Semenchuk, George Gagnidze, Željko Lučić, and Aleksandra Kurzak. Remaining performances are on January 17, 20 (matinee), 25 and 29, and February 1, 2018.