Great Performances · SEASON 42

Great Performances at the Met: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci

Episode 23 · 2015-09-06

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Episode overview

Sir David McVicar directs the first new Met production of the popular verismo double bill in 45 years: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, both with Marcelo Álvarez as the male lead. Eva-Maria Westbroek and Patricia Racette also star. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the operas, both set in Sicily - one in a 1900 village square, the other at a 1948 truck stop. Check local listings.

Season 42 episodes