Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci

(2015)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 2 votes

Genres: Music

Year: 2015

Runtime: 161 мин

Country: Austria

Director: Philipp Stölzl

Cast: Jonas Kaufmann, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Ambrogio Maestri, Annalisa Stroppa, Stefania Toczyska, Maria Agresta, Dimitri Platanias, Alessio Arduini, Tansel Akzeybek, Christian Thielemann

Plot

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.