Set Designer

Pagliacci, an opera in two acts with a prologue, by Ruggero Leoncavallo, follows in the fortunate wake of Cavalleria rusticana, which had paved the way for the strand of verismo theatre. The libretto, prepared by the composer himself, is based on a crime story, a crime of passion that really happened in Montalto Uffugo, the village in Calabria where the composer lived as a young man. Performed at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan on 21 May 1892, under the baton of Toscanini, the opera achieved international fame in a very short time. The popular setting, where violent feelings are rendered by a convulsive vocalism, is the backdrop to the drama of jealousy of Canio, the head of an itinerant company. Thanks to the subtle narrative device of the theatre within the theatre, of real life consumed in the comedy performed on stage, Leoncavallo enhances the dramatic charge of the subject. The demon of jealousy that devours the protagonist, an unhappy man in reality and in fiction, cannot but lead him to the final catastrophe, with the heinous murder of his adulterous wife Nedda and her unfortunate lover.

Pagliacci / Cavalleria rusticana

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre

At his local Prague bar, the landlord Brouček has a reputation for being a petty philistine. He himself is tired of dealing with insolvent renters and dreams of getting away from all the daily hassle. When one night he has had one beer too many, his wish comes true in a miraculous way with two fantastic excursions: first, Brouček lands on the moon inhabited by a strange, overly intellectual society of artists. Then he finds himself in medieval Prague, stuck between the fronts of a battle between the confessions, and is about to go to war on the side of the Hussites.

The Excursions of Mr. Brouček

Bebelplatz

“Werther has caused more suicides than the world’s most beautiful woman,” wrote Madame de Staël. Indeed, Goethe’s first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, published in 1774, was a literary and aesthetic shock for an entire generation, foreshadowing Romanticism.

Set Designer

Radu Boruzescu

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 11 - Mar 12, 2027

Werther · Opéra national de Paris

Feb 11 - Mar 12, 2027

Werther · Opéra national de Paris

Past events

Feb 22 - Mar 3, 2026

Pagliacci / Cavalleria rusticana · Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Mar 16 - Apr 3, 2025

The Excursions of Mr. Brouček · Staatsoper Berlin

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