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Opera Double Bill – Cavalleria Rusticana and Gianni Schicchi

23 March 2025–29 March 2025

St Albans Chamber Opera and Orchestra

Main Stage

Synopsis

Instead of the usual combination of Cav and Pag, SACO presents Cav and Schicchi.

First, Cavalleria Rusticana, with its famous Easter Hymn, tells of Turiddu, who returns from the army to discover his fiancée Lola has married Alfio. In remorse, he seduces Santuzza. Lola is consumed with jealousy and initiates an affair with Turiddu. Despite pleading with him and his mother, Santuzza cannot win Turiddu back. She confides in Alfio, with fatal consequences.

Then, a death, a will and a scheming family. Puccini’s comic opera Gianni Schicchi shows how greed becomes all-important. The sublime score includes Oh my Beloved Father, the theme from A Room with a View.

 Both operas are sung in English and are accompanied by the SACO orchestra.

Ticket information

Dates and times
Sunday 23 March 2025 at 2:30pm
25, 26, 28 & 29 March at 7:30pm

Please note there is no performance on Thursday 27 March

Tickets
Sunday matinee only £19.00 full price, £10.00 full time education

£23.00 all evening performances, no concessions

Credits & acknowledgements

Credits and Acknowledgments:
Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni
English translation by Joseph Machlis by arrangement with Chester Music Ltd trading as G Schirmer on behalf of Schirmer Inc
Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini
English translation by Anne and Herbert Grossman by arrangement with G. Ricordi & Co. (London) Ltd

On the:
Main Stage

Produced by:
St Albans Chamber Opera and Orchestra

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