Chicken Puppets, Missing Mules, Three Armed Baritones and Chairs, Lots of Chairs: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci at the Metropolitan Opera

Elizabeth – Last night’s new productions of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci were disappointments, but in different ways.  Sir David McVicar’s production of Cavalleria Rusticana was very bland.  The large stage with the walls of a palazzo at the edges gave the space a sense of grandeur while the set itself was rather minimal. … [Read More]