Music by Pietro Mascagni
Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci
A 30-minute online highlights recital recorded on the McCaw Hall stage at Seattle Center Studios available to season ticket holders from September 25–October 16, 2020. Subscriptions to our 2021 Spring Season are on sale and include this program and our full 2020 virtual fall season.
Experience the joys and tragedies of life in a small Italian village in this online program featuring highlights from Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana. Many of the artists originally scheduled to perform in the August double bill are thrilled to participate in this presentation. Gregory Kunde, Sarah Larsen, Alexandra Lo Bianco, and Nerys Jones are featured singers with an introduction by Dramaturg Jonathan Dean.
Full Program
“[Kunde’s] triumph is undeniable, but rather a tribute to the opera, which can thus be enjoyed without a single note being missed or a single transition squandered.”
–L'ape musicale
Alexandra LoBianco, a soprano with dramatic flair and clarion power throughout her range.”
–Opera News