The Kennedy Center - Opera House (Washington, DC)
Washington National Opera presents a concert production of Mascagni's beloved opera Cavalleria Rusticana. Set in a Sicilian village, this melodramatic tale of "rustic chivalry" follows the fickle and passionate love triangle between Turiddu, who loves Lola; Santuzza, who loves Turiddu, the father of her child; and Alfio, the all-too-trusting husband of Lola. Mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick and tenor Salvatore Licitra star. The program also features orchestral selections from works by Verdi, Puccini, and Macagni.
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<p>Act I: Orchestral Selections from Opera Masters
~ Overture to Aida
Giuseppe Verdi </p>
<p> ~ Overture to Le Maschere
Pietro Mascagni</p>
<p> ~ Crisantemi for String Orchestra
Giacomo Puccini</p>
<p> ~ Prelude and “La Tregenda” from Le Villi
Giacomo Puccini
Act II: Cavalleria Rusticana
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci </p>
<p>Set in a Sicilian village, this melodramatic tale of "rustic chivalry" follows the fickle and passionate love triangle between Turiddu, who loves Lola; Santuzza, who loves Turiddu, the father of her child; and Alfio, the all-too-trusting husband of Lola. Mascagni's music takes us through the emotional heights and depths of this tragic love story.
"Force of nature" mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick makes her company debut as she joins Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra (Andrea Chénier, Tosca), American baritone Gordon Hawkins (Porgy and Bess, Das Rheingold) and the Washington National Opera Orchestra and Chorus in a concert version of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana.</p>
Under the stewardship of General Director Placido Domingo, Washington National Opera continues to move confidently forward on a great adventure that began when the company was founded in 1956. Five decades and countless artistic leaps later, the Opera has achieved the stature of a world class company and plays to standing-room-only audiences at the Kennedy Center Opera House. The company recently received the designation "The National Opera" by the Congress of the United States of America.