[Met Performance] CID:332000
Cavalleria Rusticana {636}
Pagliacci {678} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/27/1999.
(Opening Night {115}
Joseph Volpe, General Manager
Debuts: José Cura, Charles Castronovo)
Metropolitan Opera House
September 27, 1999
Opening Night {115}
Joseph Volpe, General Manager
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA {636}
Mascagni-Targioni-Tozzetti/Menasci
Santuzza................Dolora Zajick
Turiddu.................José Cura [Debut]
Lola....................Wendy White
Alfio...................Nikolai Putilin
Mamma Lucia.............Jane Shaulis
Peasant.................Mary Meyers
Conductor...............Carlo Rizzi
Production..............Franco Zeffirelli
Stage Director..........Fabrizio Melano
Designer................Franco Zeffirelli
Lighting designer.......Gil Wechsler
Cavalleria Rusticana received eleven performances this season.
PAGLIACCI {678}
Leoncavallo-Leoncavallo
Nedda...................Veronica Villarroel
Canio...................Plácido Domingo
Tonio...................Juan Pons
Silvio..................Dwayne Croft
Beppe...................Charles Castronovo [Debut]
Villager................Jeffrey Mosher
Villager................Glenn Bater
Conductor...............Carlo Rizzi
Production..............Franco Zeffirelli
Stage Director..........Fabrizio Melano
Designer................Franco Zeffirelli
Lighting designer.......Gil Wechsler
Pagliaccci received eleven performances this season.
Remarks:
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
Joseph Volpe
Plácido Domingo
Revival gift of Jane W. Nuhn Trust
[Note: Speeches by General Manager Joseph Volpe, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Plácido Domingo after Pagliacci marked Domingo's eighteenth opening night, a record. The previous record of seventeen opening nights was shared by Enrico Caruso and Mr. Domingo.]
Photograph of José Cura as Turiddu
Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names
Subjects:
- 1999-00
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Stage Director [Melano, Fabrizio]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Conductor [Rizzi, Carlo]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Santuzza [Zajick, Dolora]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Turiddu [Cura, José]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Lola [White, Wendy]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Alfio [Putilin, Nikolai]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Mamma Lucia [Shaulis, Jane]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Peasant [Meyers, Mary]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Production [Zeffirelli, Franco]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Designer [Zeffirelli, Franco]
- Cavalleria Rusticana: Lighting Designer [Wechsler, Gil]
- Pagliacci: Conductor [Rizzi, Carlo]
- Pagliacci: Nedda [Villarroel, Veronica]
- Pagliacci: Canio [Domingo, Plácido]
- Pagliacci: Tonio [Pons, Juan]
- Pagliacci: Silvio [Croft, Dwayne]
- Pagliacci: Beppe [Castronovo, Charles]
- Pagliacci: Villager [Mosher, Jeffrey]
- Pagliacci: Villager [Bater, Glenn]
- Pagliacci: Production [Zeffirelli, Franco]
- Pagliacci: Designer [Zeffirelli, Franco]
- Pagliacci: Lighting Designer [Wechsler, Gil]
- Pagliacci: Stage Director [Melano, Fabrizio]
- Cura, José: Photograph: Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana (Winnie Klotz/Metropolitan Opera)
- 1999-00: Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci: Revival gift: Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust
- Nuhn Charitable Trust, Jane W.: 1999-00: Revival gift: Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
- 1999-00: General Manager: Joseph Volpe
- Volpe, Joseph: General Manager: 1999-00
- 1999-00: Cavalleria Rusticana: 11 performances: Statistics
- 1999-00: Pagliacci: 11 performances: Statistics
Met Careers
- Bater, Glenn [Bass]
- Castronovo, Charles [Tenor]
- Croft, Dwayne [Baritone]
- Cura, José [Tenor]
- Domingo, Plácido [Speaker]
- Domingo, Plácido [Tenor]
- General Manager [Volpe, Joseph]
- Giuliani, Rudolph [Speaker]
- Meyers, Mary [Soprano]
- Mosher, Jeffrey [Tenor]
- Pons, Juan [Baritone]
- Putilin, Nikolai [Baritone]
- Rizzi, Carlo [Conductor]
- Shaulis, Jane [Mezzo Soprano]
- Villarroel, Veronica [Soprano]
- Volpe, Joseph [General Manager]
- Volpe, Joseph [Speaker]
- White, Wendy [Mezzo Soprano]
- Zajick, Dolora [Mezzo Soprano]
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