Carnegie Hall Citywide: On Screen: Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci

Carnegie Hall+ presents a free outdoor screening of opera’s ultimate double feature: Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci. Jonas Kaufmann leads an extraordinary cast in back-to-back performances from the Salzburg Easter Festival, joined by the Staatskapelle Dresden and conductor Christian Thielemann.
Staged in cinematic black and white, Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana reveals a tight-knit Sicilian village bound by ritual, honor, and simmering resentment—and in which private emotions erupt into public consequence. Then, Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci explores a true story of love and murder through the colorful, improvisatory lens of a commedia dell’arte troupe. It features the unforgettable aria “Vesti la giubba.”
The event begins with a live musical introduction and synopsis by world-renowned opera singer Anthony Roth Costanzo, who will demonstrate how opera singers develop their incredible voices, accompanied by pianist Myra Huang.