San Diego Opera, which began the evening of March 22nd with an imaginative new production of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” followed with a new production, starring Jose Cura and Elizabeth Futral, of, “I Pagliacci”, the only truly successful opera of Ruggero Leoncavallo.
[Below: Edited image based on photograph provided by San Diego Opera. Jose Cura (Canio) and Elizabeth Futral (Nedda).]
Leoncavallo, a [...]
Opera Warhorses
An appreciation and analysis of the ‘Standard Repertory’ of opera
