Cavalleria rusticana in Dresden, Nov 2021

The beginning of the new seasons brings new challenges. Teodor Ilincai returns to Semperoper Dresden to perform in Cavalleria rusticana this November (17, 20, 26, 29). Sonia Ganassi is Santuzza, Ivan Repušić conducs the orchestra of the opera house.

Jealousy, murder, and human wickedness, depicted in an impoverished rural milieu, these are the themes of the verismo composers. The two leading representatives of this movement, Mascagni and Leoncavallo, bring the human passions of southern Italy to the operatic stage in unique fashion. In this production, theatre and film director Philipp Stölzl stages these two murderous operas as a multi-level exploration of the human soul.