Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (complete operas recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY

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PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (complete operas recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY
Staatskapelle Dresden / Jonas Kaufmann, Maria Agresta, Dimitri Platanias, Liudmyla Monastyrska, Stefania Toczyska / Christian Thielemann (cond)

[ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc ]

Release Date: Friday 1 July 2016

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As comparably short operas, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci are often billed together, but seldom is the lead tenor making his double role-debut as Turiddu and Canio on the same evening. At the 2015 Salzburg Easter Festival Jonas Kaufmann did just that - to rapturous praise. Universally hailed as a coup for Kaufmann, the plaudits were also showered on Philipp Stölzl for his innovative compartmentalized staging which included live video projections while referencing the era of black-and-white movies.

"We have plenty of the thrilling, untrammelled and ringing sound that the tenor is capable of at his best...Happily, Kaufmann's outstanding central performances are well matched, both musically and scenically...on his own terms, Stölzl creates a drama of real intensity...Thielemann is always aware of the drama and the beauties of the playing are many." (Gramophone)

"one of the most gripping accounts of these two operas I've encountered...Thielemann is a surprise entry into the world of verismo. He wrings every bit of blood and thunder out of each score...The great tenor is in superb voice and acts up a storm...[Monastyrska] sings magnificently, her huge voice invariably right-on." ClassicsToday

"Stölzl's compartmentalised staging works well, solving problems inherent in the Salzburg stage...Vocally the stars are Kaufmann and Ukrainian soprano Liudmyla Monastyrska. The former is in superb voice, every word clear, top notes ringing...Monastyrska creates a sympathetic Santuzza, her possessiveness making it clear why Turiddù strays." Limelight

Jonas Kaufmann ~ "Viva il vino spumeggiante"/Cavallia rusticana