Casting

• The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
• David McVicar (Stage Direction)
• Marcelo Alvarez (Tenor) : Turiddu
• Eva-Maria Westbroek (Soprano) : Santuzza
• George Gagnidze (Bass) : Tonio
• Patricia Racette (Soprano) : Nedda

Program

Cavalleria Rusticana, opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci after Giovanni Verga's play
First performance in Rome, Teatro Costanzi, May 17, 1890

Pagliacci, opera in a prologue and two acts by Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
Libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo
First performance in Milan, Teatro Dal Verme, May 21, 1892

Recording: Metropolitan Opera New York
Director: Gary Halvorson
Duration: 02:37