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Lorenzo Viotti

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New ground in verismo opera from the maverick director Robert Carsen and the outstanding young conductor Lorenzo ViottiPagliacciCanio, the head of a troupe of travelling players, suspects his beautiful wife Nedda of infidelity. Nedda has indeed embarked on a secret affair with Silvio, a young man from the village where the troupe has stopped, and the two agree to run away together. Tonio, a member of the company who has been rebuffed by Nedda, leads Canio to a place from which he can secretly witness the lovers together; beside himself with rage, Canio loses his reason on stage…Cavalleria rusticanaTuriddu, returning from military service, finds that his former sweetheart Lola has already married the carter Alfio, and reluctantly becomes engaged to Santuzza, a village girl. When she learns that Turiddu has resumed his affair with Lola behind Alfio’s back, Santuzza in her despair tells Alfio