Opera
Ballet & Dance
Drama

Cavalleria rusticana / I pagliacci

P.Mascagni : CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA

<Opera in 1 Acts>
<sung in Italian with Japanese supertitles>

R.Leoncavallo : I PAGLIACCI

<Opera in 2 Acts>
<sung in Italian with Japanese supertitles>

OPERA HOUSE


<Sample Movie>
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA    I PAGLIACCI

STAFF
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Music by : Pietro Mascagni
Original by : Giovanni Verga
Libretto by : Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti / Guido Menasci

I PAGLIACCI
Music and Libretto : Ruggiero Leoncavallo


Conductor : Fabio Luisi
Production : Grischa Asagaroff
     
Scenery & Costume Design : Luigi Perego
Lighting Design : Tatsuta Yuji
Stage Manager : Osawa Hiroshi
     
Chorus Master : Misawa Hirofumi
Chorus : New National Theatre Chorus
Orchestra : Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
     
Produced by : New National Theatre, Tokyo

CAST
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Santuzza : Gabriele Schnaut
Lola : Yamashita Makiko
Turiddu : Alberto Cupido
Alfio : Kobayashi Yoshiki
Lucia : Miwa Yoko

I PAGLIACCI
Canio : Christian Franz
Nedda : Omura Hiromi
Tonio : Kono Katsunori
Peppe : Higuchi Tatsuya
Silvio : Hoshino Jun
     
Children's Chorus : Setagaya Junior Chorus
    (Children's Chorus Master : Kakee Midori)

PERFORMANCES
April
2006
5 7 9 11
Wed Fri Sun Tue
2:00       X
3:00     X  
7:00 X X    
Doors will open 45 minutes before the opening of the performance.
Approximate runnning time : 3 hours

ADVANCE TICKETS
  Available from Sunday 22 January, 2006 at 10:00am.
To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999 (10:00am-6:00pm).
Internet ticket reservation available through the following Websites.(Japanese only)
http://pia.jp/t
http://eee.eplus.co.jp/

TICKET PRICES (with tax)
Seat SS S A B C D E F Z
Price(yen) 21,000 18,900 15,750 13,650 10,500 7,350 6,300 3,150 1,500
*A part of "Seat F" (¥3,150) : Sold at the NNTT Box Office and all Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date only. Up to 2 tickets per person. No phone reservations. *Seat Z(\1,500): Sold to students only at some Ticket Pia outlets on the day before the performance. Any tickets not sold by the performance date will be released to the general public at the NNTT Box Office and some Ticket Pia outlets. One ticket per person. No phone reservations. Students must bring a valid student ID. *Same day student tickets (50% off, except Seat F & Z ): Sold at the NNTT Box Office and some Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date. One ticket per person. No phone reservations. Students must bring a valid student ID.

*Opera House Ticket Prices & Seating Plan

This is the masterpieces of verismo opera
in which Italian passion was vividly told

handbill [Cavalleria rusticana / I pagliacci]
NNTT present two of the greatest works of verismo opera, Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci ,with stage set common to both operas and costumes at 1950s. In an atmosphere deeply colored by provincialism and religion, both operas feature music in which emotions are sung openly, and drama that rises with tension, passionately and intensely driving at the heart. Cavalleria Rusticana follows its characters from the entanglement of infidelity to a deadly duel. The highlights include Santuzza's anguish-filled aria "Voi lo sapete, o mamma," and the beautiful yet grief-laden intermezzo.
I Pagliacci, featuring Canio's magnificent aria "Vesti la giubba," is a tragedy in which a clown goes mad over suspicion of his wife's unfaithfulness and kills her. The conductor is Fabio Luisi, who was appointed as Principal Conductor of the Wiener Symphoniker in the autumn of 2005. With a wonderful cast that includes G.Schnaut, A.Cupido and C. Franz, an orchestra and chorus worthy of backing up this passion-filled music, it is sure to be an unforgettable performance.

Synopsis

Cavalleria Rusticana
Turiddu, who is betrayed by his lover Lola, seduces Santuzza in revenge. However, unable to forget Lola, Turiddu and she start an affair. In a fit of jealousy, Santuzza tells Lola's husband, Alfio, about the affair, causing Alfio to challenge Turiddu to a duel. Truiddu bids his mother farewell and heads to the duel and his death.
I Pagliacci
Nedda, wife of traveling show leader Canio, falls in love with Silvio, a young villager. While knowing of his wife's unfaithfulness, Canio prepares for a play musing bitterly, "Even when I weep sad tears, I have to play the clown." During the performance, while Nedda is acting the role of an adulteress, Canio goes mad, no longer being able to distinguish the play from reality, and stabs his wife to death.

<Conductor> <Production>
Fabio Luisi Grischa Asagaroff
Fabio Luisi Grischa Asagaroff

Cavalleria Rusticana
Cavalleria Rusticana

Gabriele Schnaut Yamashita Makiko Alberto Cupido Kobayashi Yoshiki Miwa Yoko
Gabriele Schnaut Yamashita Makiko Alberto Cupido Kobayashi Yoshiki Miwa Yoko

I Pagliacci
I Pagliacci

Christian Franz Omura Hiromi Kono Katsunori Higuchi Tatsuya Hoshino Jun
Christian Franz Omura Hiromi Kono Katsunori Higuchi Tatsuya Hoshino Jun


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