Pietro Mascagni
Messa di Gloria; Cavalleria rusticana
Concert performances with Hungarian and English surtitles
Messa di Gloria
Those who have seen Mascagni’s famous one-act Cavalleria rusticana will never forget the Easter Hymn. The tragic story taking place at Easter is a perfect match for Messa di Gloria, which exudes the euphoria of resurrection, but which is above all a Southern Italian mass of innocent faith. It is also of no little relevance that Mascagni himself rehearsed and conducted his opera in Budapest, and as rumour has it, its success here ignited it like a rocket on its way to becoming a worldwide sensation
General cast
- Conductor
- János Kovács
- Tenor
- Attila Fekete
- Baritone
- Zoltán Kelemen
Credits
- Chorus director
- Gábor Csiki
- Featuring
- Hungarian State Opera Chorus
- Premiere
- Sept. 13, 2014
Cavalleria rusticana
Concert performance in Italian, with Hungarian and English surtitles
The world literally went crazy for this one-act by Pietro Mascagni when he burst onto the opera scene with his daring work that opened new boundaries for the genre, and which hundreds of others would attempt to imitate. Such was its success that he would never equal it in any of his later works. In one of the chief examples of verismo, Mascagni's protagonists are everyday people who fall victim to their own, unbridled passions.
Captivating and sensual music with gripping dramatic tension. Love, jealousy – and revenge.
General cast
- Conductor
- János Kovács
- Turiddu
- Attila Fekete
- Santuzza
- Erika Gál
- Lucia
- Éva Balatoni
- Alfio
- Zoltán Kelemen
- Lola
- Zsófia Kálnay
Credits
- Libretto after the play of the same name by Giovanni Verga
- Guido Menasci / Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti
- Hungarian surtitles
- Judit Kenesey
- Head of the Children's Chorus
- Nikolett Hajzer
- Chorus director
- Gábor Csiki
- Featuring
- Hungarian State Opera Chorus