![]() Therefore I tried to make the most of the admixture between drama and amusement”. Because the two operas, especially Pagliacci, are also fun. That’s why I tried to remove the folklore and bring the stories to higher levels of passion, impact, but also of amusement. My aim is to bring out the truth from both stories. Pagliacci is set inside the parish hall, used as a theatre, in the same town. Come and experience stunning performances of music and dance, backstage tours, delicious food and drink, at a historic landmark in the heart of London's Theatreland. The 2015 film by Damiano Michieletto includes the Royal Opera Chorus, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and conductor Antonio Pappano. If you’re new to ballet and opera or have loved them all your life, we have something for you. Cavalleria Rusticana takes place in the home of Mamma Lucia, which is also a bakery. Feel something new at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. I imagined them set in two different places but in the same ideal town of Southern Italy. “I tried to find a connection between the two stories – said Damiano Michieletto – even though they were not written to be performed together, and they were actually the work of two competing composers still, even in their dramatic structure there are similar elements: religion imbued with folklore and social conventions, love, jealousy and murder and both operas have musical intermezzos. The Swiss hero William Tell (Gerald Finley) longs to liberate his people from the cruel Austrian occupation. Damiano Michieletto: Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci at the Royal Opera Houseįollowing a series of new shows, from London’s Guillaume Tell to Die Zauberflöte at La Fenice in Venice, Damiano Michieletto is now dedicating himself to two one-act operas, symbols of Italian Verism. Director Damiano Michieletto makes his Royal Opera House debut with a contemporary production of Guillaume Tell, Gioachino Rossini's final opera and greatest masterpiece, recorded live in July, 2015.
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