Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, that classic diptych of tuneful weepies, has returned to the Metropolitan Opera in a lopsided new production. One piece is black-and-white, the other polychrome; one stodgy, the other Stooge-y; one grim, the other strenuously entertaining. Serious opera people are constantly apologizing for these enduringly ... More »
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:04PM on April 15, 2015