London – A new show by Damiano Michieletto brings the artist back to London, where he directed the most famous Italian diptych at the Royal Opera House, on stage until 3 December. By his side there are Paolo Fantin, production designer, costume designer Carla Teti and the light designer Alessandro Carletti. “I tried to find a link between the two stories – explained Damiano Michieletto – because even though we’re talking about two works that weren’t conceived to be performed together, the two composers were in competition with each other – and we can thus find common elements: religion mixed with folklore and convention, love, jealousy and murder. Both works were musical interludes and these characteristics make them similar. We will set them in the same imaginary town in Southern Italy: Cavalleria rusticana will take place in the home of mother Lucia, a bakery; Pagliacci takes place in the parish hall, used as a theater. The two works are also related because the troupe of clowns is already present in Cavalleria Rusticana, and the characters of the two stories intertwine and tie into a sort of continuum.” The opera will be broadcast live in movie theaters around the world on December 10. (9Colonne)
