Friday, July 30, 2010
to Monday, August 02, 2010

7:30 PM  Friday July 30 AND Monday, Aug. 2

Our second production of the summer will be the ever-popular double bill of Cavalleria rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) and Pagliacci (The Clowns). In Cavalleria Rusticana, the eternal operatic trio is repeated - Santuzza is rejected by her lover Turridu in favor of the spiteful Lola with tragic results for all. In Pagliacci, Canio the clown is overwhelmed by grief and jealousy when he discovers that Nedda, his young wife, is planning to run away with Silvio.

Though these two operas were performed in separate seasons at Chautauqua Opera in the early 1970's, this double-bill has been not been performed together in Norton Hall since 1956. Cav/Pag will be sung in English with English supertitles.