Mascagni - Leoncavallo | Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci | Karajan - La Scala (Opera Film 1968 - ITA&ENG SUB)

Opera Title: Cavalleria Rusticana
Composer: Pietro Mascagni
Librettist: Guido Menasci
Premiere: 17 May 1890, Rome (Teatro Costanzi)
Language: Italian
Translation(s): Italian & English Subtitles (Click on CC)
Synopsis: https://www.opera-arias.com/mascagni/cavalleria-rusticana/synopsis/

Cavalleria rusticana (en: Rustic Chivalry, Italian pronunciation: ) is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from a play written by Giovanni Verga based on his short story. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on May 17, 1890 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. Since 1893, it has often been performed in a so-called Cav/Pag double-bill with Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo.

Cast & Characters::
Santuzza - Fiorenza Cossotto
Turiddu - Gianfranco Cecchele
Lucia - Anna Di Stasio
Alfio - Giangiacomo Guelfi
Lola - Adriana Martino

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Conductor Herbert von Karajan
Chorusmaster: Roberto Benaglio

Staged by Giorgio Strehler
Film Director: Ake Falk
Set and Costume Design: Luciano Damiani
Artistic Supervision by Herbert von Karajan

Opera Title: Pagliacci
Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo
Librettist: Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Premiere: 21 may 1892, Milan (Teatro Dal Verme)
Language: Italian
Translation(s): Italian & English Subtitles (Click on CC)
Synopsis: https://www.opera-arias.com/leoncavallo/pagliacci/synopsis/

Pagliacci (literal translation, "Clowns"), sometimes incorrectly rendered with a definite article as 'I Pagliacci', is an opera consisting of a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. It is the only opera of Leoncavallo that is still widely staged.

The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who murders his wife Nedda and her lover Silvio on stage during a performance.

Cast & Characters:
Canio - Jon Vickers
Nedda - Raina Kabaivanska
Tonio - Peter Glossop
Silvio - Rolando Panerai
Peppe - Sergio Lorenzi

Staged by Paul Hager
Directed by Herbert von Karajan
Set and Costume Design by Georges Wakhevitch

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Chorus Master: Roberto Benaglio
Conductor and Artistic Supervision: Herbert von Karajan