Cav Pag Feb. 7, 1970, Broadcast Is Feb. 11, 2023, Saturday Broadcast

Summary: Cav Pag Feb. 7, 1970, broadcast is Feb. 11, 2023, Saturday matinee broadcast, airing as an archival performance honoring Franco Zeffirelli's birthday.

The Metropolitan Opera debut of Italian director Franco Zeffirelli's new production of Pietro Mascagni's rustic Sicilian opera, Cavalleria Rusticana, took place Thursday, Jan. 8, 1970, with American composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein as conductor and with American soprano/mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry as Santuzza: The Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera, via Facebook June 22, 2019

Cav Pag Feb. 7, 1970, broadcast is the Feb. 11, 2023, Saturday matinee broadcast, airing at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, as the first of two archival special features added to the 2022-2023 Met Opera season's scheduled Saturday matinee opera broadcasts.

The Metropolitan Opera's Feb. 11, 2023, Saturday matinee broadcast plays the opera company's Saturday, Feb. 7, 1970, broadcast of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. Met Opera's archival performance commemorates the centenary of the birth of Italian film, opera and television director and producer Franco Zeffirelli (Feb. 12, 1923-June 15, 2019).

Zeffirelli debuted his new productions of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci on Thursday, Jan. 8, 1970. Cav Pag, the nickname for the presentation of the two one-act operas as a single event, received 19 performances in the 1969-1970 season.

Cav Pag numbered as Met Opera's third Zeffirelli-directed production. Franco Zeffirelli had made his Met Opera debut Friday, March 6, 1964, as director and costume and set designer of his new production of Falstaff by 19th-century Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901). The new production debuted in Met Opera's 67th performance of the Verdian-Shakespearean opera.

William Burdick choreographed Zeffirelli's new Cav Pag productions. The American choreographer and historical dance researcher had made his Met Opera debut Sunday, March 22, 1959, as a company dancer in the Metropolitan Opera Ballet's Ballet Evening.

Cavalleria Rusticana by Italian opera composer Pietro Mascagni (Dec. 7, 1863-Aug. 2, 1945) opened the 1969-1970 season's 19 Cav Pag performances. The Metropolitan Opera Premiere of the rustic verismo Sicilian opera had taken place Friday, Dec. 4, 1891, in Chicago, Illinois, during the opera company's 1891-1892 tour. Cavalleria Rusticana received eight performances in the 1891-1892 Met Opera season.

Leonard Bernstein's conductorship of the first five of Cavalleria Rusticana's 19 performances in the 1969-1970 season included the Saturday, Feb. 7, 1970, broadcast. The American composer, conductor and pianist (Aug. 25, 1918-Oct. 14, 1990) had made his Met Opera debut Friday, March 6, 1964, as conductor of Zeffirelli's new production of Falstaff.

Grace Bumbry (born Jan. 4, 1937) made her Met role debut as seduced and rejected villager Santuzza in the first five (including the Saturday, Feb. 7, 1970, broadcast) of the season's 19 Cav performances. The American mezzo-soprano had made her Met Opera debut Thursday, Oct. 7, 1965, as Princess Eboli in the opera company's 65th performance of Verdi's Don Carlo.

Franco Corelli (April 8, 1921-Oct. 29, 2003) appeared in the first five (including the Saturday, Feb. 7, 1970, broadcast) of the season's 19 Cav performances as Turiddu, whose seduction of Santuzza in anger over his fiancée Lola's marriage triggers tragedy in the Sicilian village. The Italian tenor had made his Met Opera debut Friday, Jan. 27, 1961, in the title role of Manrico in the opera company's 320th performance of Verdi's Il Trovatore.

Nedda Casei (Sep. 9, 1932-Jan. 20, 2020) sang Lola, formerly Turiddu's fiancée and now Alfio's wife, in the first two, fifth (Saturday, Feb. 7, 1970, broadcast), eighth through 12th, 15th and 17th performances of Zeffirelli's new production. The American operatic mezzo-soprano had made her Met Opera debut Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1964, as Maddalena in the opera company's 428th performance of Verdi's Rigoletto.

Walter Cassel sang betrayal-avenging duellist Alfio in the first three (including the Saturday, Feb. 7, 1970, broadcast) of the season's 19 Cav performances. The American operatic baritone had made his Met Opera debut Saturday, Dec. 12, 1942, as Brétigny in the opera company's 148th performance of Manon by French Romantic Era composer Jules Massenet (May 12, 1842-Aug. 13, 1912).

Carlotta Ordassy (May 2, 1921-Oct. 11, 2006) appeared in the first five (including Saturday, Feb. 7, 1970), eighth, 18th and closing 19th Cav performances in the 1969-1970 season as Turiddu's mother, Lucia, entrusted with caring for Santuzza by her son prior to his fatal duel. The Hungarian-American soprano had made her Met Opera debut Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1957, as Gerhilde in the opera company's 376th performance of Die Walküre by German Romantic era composer-librettist Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813-Feb. 13, 1883).

Italian tenor Franco Corelli’s Turiddu creates a tragic quadrangle by seducing Santuzza in revenge for his former fiancée Santuzza’s marriage in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1969-1970 new production of Cavalleria Rusticana, Pietro Mascagni’s opera about betrayal and jealousy in rustic Sicily: The Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera, via Facebook Jan. 11, 2018

Pagliacci by Italian opera composer and librettist Ruggero Leoncavallo (April 23, 1857-Aug. 9, 1919) followed Cavalleria Rusticana in the 1969-1970 season's 19 Cav Pag performances. The Metropolitan Opera Premiere of the verismo village tragedy had taken place Monday, Dec. 11, 1893. Pagliacci received 10 performances in the 1969-1970 season.

Fausto Cleva (May 17, 1902-Aug. 6, 1971) conducted the first five performances (including the Saturday, Feb. 7, 1970, broadcast) of the season's 19 Pag performances. The Italian-born American operatic conductor had made his Met Opera debut Saturday, Feb. 14, 1942, in the opera company’s 178th performance of Il Barbiere di Siviglia by 19th-century Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (Feb. 29, 1792-Nov. 13, 1868).

Teresa Stratas (born May 26, 1938) appeared as Nedda, Canio's wife and uxoricide and Silvio's lover, in the third through fifth (including the Saturday, Feb. 7, 1970, broadcast) and eighth of the season's 19 Pag performances. The Greek-Canadian operatic soprano had made her Met Opera debut Oct. 28, 1959, as Poussette in the opera company’s 187th performance of Massenet's Manon.

Richard Tucker (Aug. 28, 1913-Jan. 8, 1975) sang betrayed Canio in the first five (including the Saturday, Feb. 7, 1970, broadcast), eighth, 12th through 13th, 15th and closing 19th Pag performances in the 1969-1970 season. The American operatic tenor had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, Jan. 25, 1945, as Enzo in the opera company's 143rd performance of La Gioconda by 19th-century Italian opera composer Amilcare Ponchielli (Aug. 31, 1834-Jan. 16, 1886).

Frank Guarrera (Dec. 3, 1923-Nov. 23, 2007) sang Nedda-rejected Tonio in the first two, fourth through seventh (including the Saturday, Feb. 7, 1970, broadcast) and ninth through 15th Pag performances in the 1969-1970 season. The Italian-American lyric baritone had made his Met Opera debut Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1948, as Escamillo in the opera company's 441st performance of Carmen by French Romantic Era composer Georges Bizet (Oct. 25, 1838-June 3, 1875).

Dominic Cossa (born May 13, 1935) appeared as Silvio, Nedda's lover and Canio's stabbee, in the fourth through fifth (including the Saturday, Feb. 7, 1970, broadcast), seventh through 11th and 15th through closing 19th Pag performances. The American operatic lyric baritone's appearance in the season's fourth Pag performance marked his Met Opera debut.

Andrea Velis (June 7, 1932-Oct. 4, 1994) appeared in all 19 of the new production's performances as Beppe, Canio's drinking companion, prevented by Tonio from stopping Canio's onstage rage. The American operatic tenor's appearance in the new production's opening night marked his Met Opera debut.

William Mellow and Paul De Paola appeared in all 19 Pag performances as villagers. William Mellow had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, Sep. 22, 1966, as a Singer in the opera company's 197th performance of Ponchielli's La Gioconda. Paul De Paola had made his Met Opera debut Monday, Dec. 26, 1960, as a Singer in the opera company's 185th performance of Ponchielli's La Gioconda.

Franco Zeffirelli's Cav Pag productions remained in Met Opera's active repertoire through the 2008-2009 season. Met Opera's last staging of Zeffirelli's Cav Pag productions took place Friday, April 10, 2009.

The opera disappeared from the opera company's roster for the next five seasons (2009-2010 through 2013-2014).

Cav Pag resurfaced in the 2014-2015 as new productions directed by Sir David McVicar. The Scottish opera and theatre director had made his Met Opera debut Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, in the opera company's 600th performance of Verdi's Il Trovatore.

The 2022-2023 Met Opera season's lineup of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with the Feb. 18, 2023, airing of Verdi's Don Carlo. The February broadcast, which replays a broadcast of one of the fall 2022 performances of Don Carlo, is scheduled as the ninth of the season's 24 Saturday matinee opera broadcasts.

A comic love quadrangle in a play become surreally fatal as it mirrors a real-life love quadrangle for American operatic tenor Richard Tucker's unhinged Canio in Franco Zeffirelli's 1969-1970 new production of Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera about betrayal and jealousy in a Calabrian village; image by Met Opera official photographer Louis Melancon (Sep. 19, 1901-Aug. 10, 1974): The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Jan. 11, 2018

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The Metropolitan Opera debut of Italian director Franco Zeffirelli's new production of Pietro Mascagni's rustic Sicilian opera, Cavalleria Rusticana, took place Thursday, Jan. 8, 1970, with American composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein as conductor and with American soprano/mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry as Santuzza: The Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera, via Facebook June 22, 2019, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/photos/a.134969600532/10162094338010533/

Italian tenor Franco Corelli’s Turiddu creates a tragic quadrangle by seducing Santuzza in revenge for his former fiancée Santuzza’s marriage in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1969-1970 new production of Cavalleria Rusticana, Pietro Mascagni’s opera about betrayal and jealousy in rustic Sicily: The Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera, via Facebook Jan. 11, 2018, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/photos/a.134969600532/10159972687640533/

A comic love quadrangle in a play become surreally fatal as it mirrors a real-life love quadrangle for American operatic tenor Richard Tucker's unhinged Canio in Franco Zeffirelli's 1969-1970 new production of Pagliacci, Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera about betrayal and jealousy in a Calabrian village; image by Met Opera official photographer Louis Melancon (Sep. 19, 1901-Aug. 10, 1974): The Metropolitan Opera, via Facebook Jan. 11, 2018, @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/10159972688165533/

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The Metropolitan Opera. "Franco Corelli and Richard Tucker sang Turiddu and Canio, respectively, in the 1970 premiere of Franco Zeffirelli’s picturesque staging of the double bill. The production would continue to be performed over the course of the next 40 years. Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci is on stage this season at the Met through February 1. bit.ly/2qW0jlA." Facebook. Jan. 11, 2018.
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/photos/pb.100044543344646.-2207520000./10159972687640533/
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The Metropolitan Opera. "Franco Corelli and Richard Tucker sang Turiddu and Canio, respectively, in the 1970 premiere of Franco Zeffirelli’s picturesque staging of the double bill. The production would continue to be performed over the course of the next 40 years. Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci is on stage this season at the Met through February 1. bit.ly/2qW0jlA." Facebook. Jan. 11, 2018.
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/photos/pb.100044543344646.-2207520000./10159972688165533/
Available via Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/MetOpera/posts/10159972688165533/

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"Metropolitan Opera Premieres: Cavalleria Rusticana and La Traviata." MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: 10150 Metropolitan Opera Premiere Cavalleria Rusticana {1} La Traviata: Act I. Chicago, Illinois: 12/4/1891. (Metropolitan Opera Premiere). Chicago, Illinois. December 4, 1891.
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“New Productions: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci.” MetOpera Database > [Met Performance] CID: New Productions Cavalleria Rusticana {441} Pagliacci {481} Metropolitan Opera House: 01/8/1970.
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Sherrill Milnes @SherrillMilnes. "In memory of the great Franco Zeffirelli, I wanted to share a few photos and an article from the Milnes archives. This is from our performance of Pagliacci at the The Metropolitan Opera with Teresa Stratas, Richard Tucker with Franco directing. He will be missed. #SVFPagliacci." Facebook. June 24, 2019.
Available @ https://www.facebook.com/SherrillMilnes/posts/2244764739106315