This month, Lyric Opera of Chicago is putting on a murderous operatic double feature of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” The remaining performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, and 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20, and Sunday, Nov. 23, at Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive in Chicago.
These iconic works return to Lyric Opera of Chicago for the first time in more than 15 years. Known collectively as Cav/Pag, this Lyric production by the late Elijah Moshinsky returns for the first time since the 2008-09 season and is revived by stage director Peter McClintock. Lyric Opera of Chicago first performed Cavalleria Rusticana in 1955, and Pagliacci in 1957.
