Oper Graz/Grazer Phil - Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci

This is where two one-hit-wonders of nineteenth-century Italian operas meet. Mascagni�s Cavalleria rusticana was first performed in Rome in 1890 and Leoncavallo�s Pagliacci in Milan two years later. The subject of Cavalleria rusticana is based on a then very popular peasant tragedy by Giovanni Verga. Pagliacci draws on the play La femme de Tabarin by Catulle Mend�s, with the libretto by the composer. Both operas premiered on 29 September, 2018 at the Oper Graz with the Grazer Philharmoniker under the direction of Oksana Lyniv.