Cinema's poet of silence switches to opera with Mozart debut at ENO Apr 16, 2008
Hall will translate and adapt Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, to be directed in a double bill with Cavalleria rusticana by Richard Jones. Asked whether Hall's Pagliacci would be as fruity as his Billy Elliot, music director Ed Gardner said: "He doesn't want to see expletive after expletive on our surtitles, so he's already taking reams of them out." Hall refers in the new season programme to the opera's "low exclamations and filthy curses". (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Griffin: When bravo became boo at the opera Apr 16, 2008
It had been my good fortune to have heard him a few years ago in Pagliacci ... I remember approaching him when he took a seat in the audience to watch his colleagues perform in Cavellaria Rusticana, the opera usually chosen for the same bill as Pagliacci. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Mostly Opera offers vocal smorgasbord Apr 10, 2008
Between the pieces, there will be arias and duets from Otello, Rigoletto, Pagliacci and other well-known operas. Typically, Mostly Opera produces one classic opera for its spring production. (Scranton Times, PA)
* [ CLASSICAL DVD AND CD REVIEWS ] Apr 9, 2008
Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci ... For years Ive wondered why the two one-act operas Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci are always performed in that order ... Last week, watching the DVD of Karajans versions from 1968 and 1970, I suddenly saw the answer X its because Pagliacci is the finer work. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Tonight at the opera: "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "Pagliacci" Mar 23, 2008
Production: San Diego Opera's Cavalleria Rusticana, by Pietro Mascagni, and Pagliacci, by Ruggero Leoncavallo ... And in Pagliacci, it's no laughing matter when Canio, the clown (tenor Jose Cura), takes revenge on his unfaithful wife ... Singers: Cura will make his much-anticipated San Diego Opera debut in Pagliacci, performing his signature role for the first time in the Americas. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Winter 'InColor' Examines Racism, Pride and Beauty Mar 22, 2008
He most recently appeared in Seattle Operas Pagliacci. Our diversity is evident not only in the people we meet every day but also in the colorful images we pass by. (KIRO TV, WA)
A pair of aces Mar 17, 2008
Jose Cura's 'Pagliacci' is 'a kind of self-portrait'; Richard Leech 'put off' doing 'Cavalleria Rusticana' but now he's ready ... San Diego Opera presents "Cavalleria Rusticana" by Pietro Mascagni and "Pagliacci" by Ruggero Leoncavallo ... Turiddu (in Cavalleria Rusticana ) and Canio (in Pagliacci ) are two of opera's quintessential tenor roles, testing the vocal and dramatic abilities of the singers who perform them. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
“Seductive” star to lend “cognac-smooth voice” to hits from opera and Broadway Feb 13, 2008
My favorite role thus far has been Don Giovanni, admits Smith, who also was cast in the principal bartone role of Seattle Opera's Pagliacci. You can get away with anything because he's so much larger than life. (Wood River Journal, ID)
Opera review: A robust opening Jan 29, 2008
Using the 1845 original rather than the longer, 1861 Paris version, San Diego Opera's production launched the 2008 lineup that also features Mary, Queen of Scots, the double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, Aida and The Pearl Fishers. CRISSY PASCUAL / Union-Tribune Tannhuser (Robert Gambill) was cocky and confident before he was thrown out of the singing contest for his ode to sensual love later in Act II.. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Opera Preview: Will ‘Gems’ sparkle for AZ Opera? Jan 28, 2008
Baritone Donnie Ray Albert was recently Tonio in Pagliacci in Houston. Appearances in Philadelphia, Milwaukee and Dallas followed his role in the Arizona Opera s Girl of the Golden West some seasons ago as well as the title role in Nabucco in Cincinnati. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Classics dilemma Jan 21, 2008
Current season: Tannhauser, Mary, Queen of Scots, Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci, Aida, The Pearl Fishers. 13. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Overlooked classical music treasures that should be unearthed Jan 16, 2008
Ruggero Leoncavallo: "La Bohme": Leoncavallo, known today only as the one-hit wonder composer of the inimitable "Pagliacci," went toe-to-toe with Puccini in a race to compose competing operatic versions of Henry Murger's novel "Scenes of the Bohemian Life." He lost decisively ... Leoncavallo's treatment - which features a baritone Rodolfo and a tenor Marcello, just to keep things interesting - includes a wealth of fervent melody and a dark undertone that sets it closer to "Pagliacci" than to... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Coastal Community Briefs: Arts Alive 2008 kicks off Dec 18, 2007
Programs include: Jan. 26, opera preview of Wagner's "Tannhauser"; Feb. 16, opera preview of Donizetti's "Mary, Queen of Scots;" Feb. 23, "Carlsbad to Karlovy Vary" Vocal Competition; March 1, "What's Opera, Doc?" and "A Night at the Opera" movie screening, Opera Previews Plus joins with the fifteenth annual Multicultural Arts Festival to screen two classic comedies for family audiences; March 22, opera preview, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci; April 12, opera preview of Verdi's grand opera,... (North County Times)
World Renowned Tenor Carl Tanner Invites Us to 'Hear The Angel Voices' on His Stunning Christmas CD, Debut Album Nov 15, 2007
This robust tenor has starred in a variety of leading roles in major opera houses, including Pagliacci in La Monnaie, Brussels, Cavaradossi in the Minnesota Orchestra production of Tosca, and Radames (alongside soprano Angela Brown) in Opera Pacific's Aida. My goal in creating Hear The Angel Voices, Tanner says, was to make a Christmas CD that included songs that everyone knows and others that few people have heard. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Blind Italian Tenor Andrea Bocelli Sings At Met For Practice Nov 10, 2007
He has recorded six full operas: "Werther;" Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci;" Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana;" Puccini's "La Boheme" and "Tosca" and Verdi's "Il Trovatore.". 2007 by. (WNBC.com, NY)
Composer Ruggero Leoncavallo Oct 11, 2007
Italian Composer of Verismo (Realism) Style, famous for I Pagliacci ... Leoncavallo's Masterpiece, Opera I Pagliacci ... On May 1892, Pagliacci was first performed in Milan. (Suite101.com)
Soprano came into singing by accident Oct 9, 2007
" She had the female lead opposite Domingo in Manuel Penella's rarely heard zarzuela, "El gato montes," which they recorded for Deutsche Grammophon in 1993 and revived in live performance at the Los Angeles Music Center the following year. Another special occasion was opening night of the Met's 1999-2000 season, when Villarroel sang opposite Domingo in "Pagliacci. " She said that in the first half of that evening, Domingo's tenor protege, Jose Cura, made his house debut in "Cavalleria Rusticana. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
In Opera It's Often Best To Avoid World War II Oct 1, 2007
First up was New York City Opera on Friday night with its new "conceptual" production of that indestructible double-bill, Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" and Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci." ... The "Pagliacci" was understaged and undersung, while the steady conducting of George Manahan failed, as in "Cav," to fully exploit the luscious, overblown score ... CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA PAGLIACCI. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Specialty act - Talent with fire lands Russell with Big Apple opera gig Sep 20, 2007
And that s exactly how Colfax resident Steve Russell, of the comedy juggling duo In Capable Hands, ended up as the understudy to the fire-breathing juggling clown in the production of Pagliacci at the New York City Opera. Pagliacci is scheduled to be performed at Lincoln Center from Sept. 28 to Oct. 27 ... Russell s wife and show business partner (and Dunn County News correspondent), Kobi Shaw, had seen the listing asking for a juggler/fire eater to be an understudy for Pagliacci the day before... (Menomonie Dunn County News, WI)
Colfax clown’ runs off to join the opera Sep 19, 2007
Russell received a call last Friday to join the New York City Opera s production of Pagliacci at Lincoln Center ... Pagliacci is the story of a small theatrical company that has arrived to perform for village residents ... A love triangle among members of the theatrical company results in Canio, who plays Pagliaccio, stabbing his wife and her lover on stage. (Menomonie Dunn County News, WI)
[Garrison Keillor]Great tenor stood and wept for us Sep 12, 2007
I saw Pavarotti sing "Pagliacci" at Carnegie Hall fifteen years ago and it was pretty good. The great man was a good hundred pounds over his fighting weight and he perspired heavily, but when it came time for him to stand and deliver "Vesti la giubba," he did it big, a cry from the heart with a sob in the voice that a tenor from, say, Minnesota or Iowa would find it hard to match, and the audience cried out in admiration, as it should, and stood and clapped and the great man bowed, hand over his... (Korea Herald, Korea)
Pagliacci - Leoncavallo Opera Sep 9, 2007
" Act 2 Same traveling theatre erected in the village. After the short intermezzo, we see the audience assembling for the play. The play begins. Colombina (Nedda) awaits her lover. Pagliaccio (Canio) is away and Taddeo (Tonio) has gone to market. Arlecchino (Beppe) serenades her but they are interrupted by Taddeo's (Tonio) return. Arlecchino jumps in through the window and kicks him out. The lovers prepare to elope. Canio, now appearing as Pagliaccio, breaks out and demands to know her lover's... (Suite101.com)
Pavarotti discography Sep 8, 2007
"Pagliacci," Leoncavallo; Levine, Pavarotti, Stratas, Pons, Metropolitan Opera (Deutsche Grammophon). "La Boheme," Puccini; Levine; Scotto, Pavarotti, Niska, Wixell, Metropolitan Opera (Deutsche Grammophon). (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Tenor was superstar for one and all Sep 7, 2007
He pushed with mixed success into spinto and dramatic parts such as Canio in Leoncavallos Pagliacci, Radames in Verdis Aida and the title role in Verdis Otello. Its hard to forget the array of sprays and potions he kept using to sing through a cold in a 1991 concert performance of Otello at Carnegie Hall with Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. (MSNBC -- News)
State park stand’s menu goes way beyond hot dogs, burgers and chips Jul 18, 2007
While dining, they are serenaded by music that s also unusual for a poolside business a rotation of opera ( Pagliacci was one recent selection), classical, patriotic songs and children s songs like Row, Row Row Your Boat. The choice to offer that instead of pop, rock or to simply play a Top 40 radio station was a deliberate one. (Scranton Times, PA)
Lendman: Remembering Maestro Jul 12, 2007
He directed the premiere performances of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci in 1892 and La Boheme in 1896. He also directed the Italian premieres of Wagner's Gotterdammerung in 1895 and Siegfried in 1899 at the famed La Scala opera house that first began operating two years after the United States declared its independence from the British Crown. (Zmag.org)
How the Nazis took flight from Valkyries Jul 3, 2007
Leoncavallo's Pagliacci was the most popular, Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana second, and Puccini's Madama Butterfly third. And, by the war years, it was Verdi, not Wagner, who was Germany's most performed opera composer. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Musica turns up the heat in operatic double bill Jun 6, 2007
Not so with Chorus pro Musica, which ended its season on Sunday in Jordan Hall with a classic double serving of operatic naturalism: "Cavalleria Rusticana" by Mascagni and "I Pagliacci" by Leoncavallo ... Among the cast, Michael Hayes did double duty, singing Turiddu in "Cavalleria" and Canio in "Pagliacci" and conveying the unstable, smoldering emotion near the core of each character ... "Pagliacci" featured Jason Stearns as a strong Tonio, Maryann Mootos as a capable Nedda, Joshua Benaim as an... (Boston Globe)
Cantata Singers to offer a season of Kurt Weill May 25, 2007
This year it's the popular double bill of Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" and Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci.". The performance will be a milestone of sorts for the chorus: It will mark the last full season under the baton of its current artistic director, Jeffrey Rink. (Boston Globe)
Comprehensive event listings May 20, 2007
"Cavalleria Rusticana," "I Pagliacci" NEC's Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Ave., Boston. 800-658-4276. (Boston Globe)
Enduring charm May 17, 2007
This London stage musical, now playing in KL, is produced by Brownoski Productions and directed by Nikolai Foster (A Midsummer Nights Dream, Pagliacci and Assassins). Playing the leads are Poppy Tierney (Eliza Doolitle) and Clive Carter (Professor Higgins). (The Star Online, Malaysia)
'Advance the knowledge of audience' May 7, 2007
user and the double bill of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, which will showcase tenors Richard Leech and Jose Cura ... Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni and Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo 7 p.m. March 22 and 25; 8 p.m. March 28; 2 p.m. March 30, and 7 p.m. April 2 ... With Richard Leech (in Cavalleria ) and Jose Cura (in Pagliacci ), conductor Edoardo M. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Vancouver Opera announces 2008 lineup Apr 15, 2007
me (April 26-May 8); and the double bill of Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo's I pagliacci (Nov. 10-17). (Globe and Mail)
MOVIE REVIEW: Quiet City Apr 13, 2007
MOVIE REVIEWQuiet CityStars Erin Fisher, Cris Lankenau and Sarah Hellman. Written and directed by Aaron Katz. (Herald-Tribune)
MOVIE REVIEW: Orphans Apr 13, 2007
MOVIE REVIEWOrphansStars James Katharine Flynn and Lily Wheelwright. Written and directed by Ry Russo-Young. (Herald-Tribune)
Movie review: "Great World of Sound" Apr 12, 2007
Great World of SoundDirectored by Craig Zobel. Stars Pat Healy and Kene Holliday. (Herald-Tribune)
DeRenzi signs new three-year Sarasota Opera contract Apr 11, 2007
HERALD-TRIBUNE ARCHIVE. DeRenzi at the podium Sarasota Opera Artistic Director Victor DeRenzi has signed a new three-year contract through 2010. (Herald-Tribune)
'Nine' scores high at the Players Apr 3, 2007
The evenings strongest applause came from a musical commentary on public art in Sarasota featuring two actors recreating the kiss in Unconditional Surrender and Foley as a wounded clown in a tearful twist on the famous Pagliacci aria Vesti la giubba. . (Herald-Tribune)
Tales of carnage among the knaves (T.L. Ponick) Mar 24, 2007
After taking considerable chances earlier this season staging relatively unknown works such as Carlisle Floyd's "Susannah" and Handel's "Agrippina," the Virginia Opera is concluding its 2006-07 lineup with a pair of popular short operas - Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" and Ruggiero Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci." Having opened in Norfolk on March 9, the company brings the shows to Richmond's Landmark Theater this weekend before concluding its current run at George Mason University's... (Washington Times, DC)
Atlanta Opera Profile Mar 8, 2007
Pagliacci, Leoncavallo and Carmina Burana, Orff. Rossini. (Suite101.com)
Love and Let Live Mar 3, 2007
" Liu is probably the shortest role Ms. Shirvis has sung in a long time, compared to some of her other roles like Leila in Les pecheurs de perles for Kentucky Opera or Madama Butterfly with the Eastern Music Festival. That doesn't make it an easy role; her several beautiful arias certainly have their demands vocally. Other roles among the many she's performed include Tatyana in Eugene Onegin with Cleveland Opera, Nedda in I Pagliacci with Toledo Opera and Alice Ford in Falstaff for New Jersey... (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
'Art as Life' salutes late UCSD prof Feb 19, 2007
user as well as the double bill of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. Argentine tenor Jose Cura will portray Pagliacci's tragic clown, Canio, and U.S. tenor Richard Leech will for the first time serve as the soldier Turiddu in Cavalleria. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A strong love of puppets and real life romances Feb 14, 2007
There s comedy, tragedy and just plain oddity in the plot, inspired by the Italian opera Pagliacci. There s a cheating spouse, a jealous husband and a plot for revenge. (Winona Daily News, MN)
NEPA Philaharmonic has romantic set planned for Valentine’s Day Feb 1, 2007
Her signature roles include Bess in George Gershwin s Porgy and Bess, Nedda in Leoncavallo s Pagliacci and the title role in Verdi s Aida. Mr. Wilborn, a tenor, has performed with lead roles with such companies as the San Francisco Opera, the New York City Opera and Opera National de Paris. (Scranton Times, PA)
Passionate 'La Traviata' opens Opera's season Jan 27, 2007
La Traviata set the stage for later works such as Pagliacci, Madama Butterfly and La Boheme. . (Pensacola News Journal)
P2P Humpday: Mint Condition at Amos' Southend Jan 26, 2007
TWIN BILL: Opera Carolina stages its first Spanish-language opera, Manuel de Falla's "La Vida Breve," in a double bill with Ruggero Leoncavallo's ever-popular "Pagliacci." Both are stories about love, infidelity and the trouble they cause. 7:30 p.m. Also 8 p.m. Jan. 27, 2 p.m. Jan. 28. (Charlotte.com, NC -- Entertainment)
Maazel celebrates a boyhood hero (Martin Steinberg) Jan 15, 2007
He conducted the world premieres of such operas as Puccini's "La Boheme" and "Turandot" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci." He moved to the United States in 1908 to lead the Metropolitan Opera before going to the Philharmonic and later to the NBC Symphony, which was created for him in 1937 by RCA chief David Sarnoff. Three years after his final concert with the NBC orchestra, the maestro died in New York on Jan. 16, 1957. (Washington Times)
Tribute to Toscanini on 50th Anniversary Jan 15, 2007
He conducted the world premieres of such operas as Puccini's "La Boheme" and "Turandot" and Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci.". He moved to the United States in 1908 to lead the Metropolitan Opera before going to the Philharmonic and later to the NBC Symphony, which was created for him in 1937 by RCA chief David Sarnoff. (Newsday -- State)
A Chinese Movie at the Met Jan 14, 2007
The title role is sung by Placido Domingo, who in the 80s displayed his celebrated tenor in movie versions of Cavallieri Rusticana, Pagliacci, La Traviata and Otello, all directed by Franco Zeffirelli. But I was mainly interested in the Chinese connection. (Time.com)
NYC to pay tribute to Arturo Toscanini Jan 13, 2007
He conducted the world premieres of such operas as Puccini s "La Boheme and "Turandot and Leoncavallo s "Pagliacci. He moved to the United States in 1908 to lead the Metropolitan Opera before going to the Philharmonic and later to the NBC Symphony, which was created for him in 1937 by RCA chief David Sarnoff.Three years after his final concert with the NBC, the maestro died in New York on Jan. 16, 1957 at age 89.In addition to his mastery of music, Toscanini is remembered for his fearless... (The Trentonian, NJ)
Musical Footsteps Jan 12, 2007
Retiring only three years before his death in 1957, Toscanini had nearly seven decades of experience that included such achievements as conducting the world premieres of Puccini's La Boheme and Turandot and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. At age 9, Arturo entered Parma's Royal School of Music and graduated at 18 with maximum honors in cello and composition. (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
Artwork collected by Toscanini goes on display Jan 11, 2007
He was music director of Milans Teatro alla Scala and conducted the world premieres of such operas as Puccinis La Boheme and Turandot and Leoncavallos Pagliacci. . (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
