Cavalleria rusticana – Pietro Mascagni

26.1.2024, 8PM

Conductor: Oksana Madarash (Ukraine)
Ass. Conductor: Katerina Stojkovska
Director : Giandomenico Vaccari (Italy)
Ass. Director: Alessandro Idonea (Italy), Ljupka Jakimovska, Trajko Jordanovski
Set designer: Zoran Nikolovski
Light design: Vasil Lisichov
Costume deisgn: Elena Doncheva
Concert Master: Verica Lambevska
Choir master: Gjurgica Dashikj, Jasmina Gjorgjrska
Piano accompanists: Elena Siljanoska, Janinka Nevcheva, Andreja Naunov, Jordan Petrushevski

Performing:
Santuzza: Sandra Mitrovska
Turiddu: Zoran Sotirov
Alfio: Riste Velkov
Lola: Katerina Stojanovska
Mother Lucia: Marika Popovikj

The choir and the orchestra of National Opera and Ballet

Adultery, jealousy, revenge = Tragedy

Synopsys:

The evening before Easter in a Sicilian village.
Young Santucca heads to Lucia’s house, Turidu’s mother, the man she loves and in whose love she doubts, with one goal, to talk to him.
But instead of talking, she discovers that Turidu and Lola are meeting in secret. Lola is the wife of the collar, Alfaro.
Prior to joining the army, Turidu was engaged to Lola, but in the meantime she married the wealthy Alfio. Disappointed after returning from the army, Turidu looks for solace in the arms of the village girl, Santucca.
Santucca, is a sinner in the eyes of the villagers, alone and rejected by all. Unable to overcome her jealousy, she tells Taurid’s mother, Lucia, about her son’s sin.
Alfio returns from a long journey and tells how he saw Turidu beside his house.
Santucca’s and Alfio’s words throw Lucia in doubt and fear.
Turidu arrives and Santucca wants to talk to him, but is stopped by Lola who is parading with him while they enter the church.
Santuca, is standing if front of the closed church doors, alone. Alfio comes by and she tells him about his wife’s adultery. He promises revenge. Only then does Santucca realize what she’s done, but it’s already too late.
In order to save her beloved and restore her honor to the villagers, she goes to the carabinieri to stop Alfio in retaliation and rescue Turidu.
After church service, Turidu invites his friends to have a drink at his bar. Lola and Alfio are coming. Thuridou watches them dance.
After fighting, Turidu and Alfio decide to go into a duel.
Turidu no longer has an exit and turns to his mother to keep Santusa if he doesn’t come back.
His mother, Lucia is confused. Santuca arrives late with the carabinieri.
You can only hear: “Turidu is dead”.