Great Performances at the Met: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci Great Performances : Season 42 Episode 23
TV-G PBS 3h 00m
Aired: September 6th, 2015 @ 9:00 PM EST on PBS
Sir David McVicar directs the first new Met production of the popular verismo double bill in 45 years: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, both with Marcelo Álvarez as the male lead. Eva-Maria Westbroek and Patricia Racette also star. Met Principal Conductor Fabio Luisi leads the operas, both set in Sicily - one in a 1900 village square, the other at a 1948 truck stop. Check local listings.
