The Royal Danish Opera Presents:

Stage: Operaen Store Scene
Title: Cavalleria Rusticana & Bajadser
Artform: Opera
Performance period: 17. May. – 10. Jun. 2014
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes incl. interval.
Price: 795kr – 125kr
Dates: 17/05, 20/05, 24/05, 27/05, 31/05, 02/06, 04/06, 06/06, 10/06

Take a journey to Sicily’s hot-blooded world of seduction and jealousy in two classic operas visually linked by impressive set design.

Strong Italian temperaments are at play under the baking sun of Southern Italy in these two performances about hypocrisy and murder. Studded with catchy melodies, both operas are in musical consonance with Puccini works such as Tosca and La bohème. Critically acclaimed set designer Mia Stensgaard has created extraordinary sets for the performance evocative of the torrid Sicilian heat. If you’ve never been to see an opera before, this two-opera performance is a very fine place to begin.

Many new singers are featured in the cast list, including Stig Andersen, Johan Reuter, Anne Margrethe Dahl, Niels Jørgen Riis and Audun Iversen, and the young star conductor Joana Mallwitz leads The Royal Danish Orchestra and the Royal Danish Opera Chorus.

Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci is performed in Italian with Danish supertitles.

Co-production with the Norwegian National Opera.
Nykredit is the exclusive production sponsor forCavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci.
The Danish Research Foundation is the principal sponsor of the Royal Danish Opera.

Production Team
Conductor: Joana Mallwitz
Stage direction: Kasper Holten (Cavalleria rusticana) and Paul Curran (I Pagliacci) | Set design: Mia Stensgaard
Costume design: Anja Vang Kragh
Lighting design: Bruno Poet
The Royal Danish Orchestra • The Royal Danish Opera Chorus

The Danish Boys’ Choir | The Danish Girls’ Choir