Pagliacci
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011 (8 PM)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2011 (8 PM)
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2011 (2 PM)
JAMES K. POLK THEATER, TPAC
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Leoncavallo’s famous play-within-a-play-where the clown who makes others laugh is sobbing inside, because onstage and off, his actress-wife is having a torrid affair with a younger man-is high-testosterone Italian opera at its best! Full of irony and some of the most powerful music ever written, Pagliacci cemented the new, more realistic (read shocking and gritty!) verismo opera into the art form’s canon. Based on the lives of real people, verismo opera was calculated to stir an emotional reaction from audiences, and Pagliacci has been doing just that since 1890!
FEATURING THE NASHVILLE OPERA ORCHESTRA
Sung in Italian with projected English translations.
Running time: 1 hour, 45 minutes - 2 acts - 1 intermissions
Single tickets go on sale August 29, 2011.
PAGLIACCI
Nashville Opera Noah Liff Opera Center
3622 Redmon Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37209 615.832.5242
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