Opera North’s Double Bill: Cavalleria Rusticana With Aleko – Reviewed
For a full operatic evening, Pietro Mascagni’s opera in one act, Cavalleria Rusticana (“Rustic Chivalry”), is so often coupled with Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci that regular opera-goers refer to “Cav ‘n Pag” as inseparable twins. Refreshing, then, to see Opera North subvert the norm and stage Cavalleria Rusticana with Aleko by Rachmaninoff (surely the winning obscure answer […]
