Word: cavness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cav-Pag. To refurbish the perennially popular double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, the Met's Rudolf Bing got lavish, handsome but unimaginative new sets from the hands of Scene Designer Rolf Gerard, hired a top Broadway director, Jose (Long Day's Journey into Night) Quintero. Although he had never done an opera before, and had seen only half a dozen in his life, Director Quintero somehow managed to absorb most of the stagy, stiff-kneed mannerisms of traditional opera productions. Nevertheless, particularly in Pagliacci, he added some truly exciting touches: Nedda, starting her first-act aria...
...overhaul job, General Manager Rudolf Bing had turned to the Met's own staff of directors and set designers. Staff Director Hans Busch planned to give "Cav," a turbulent little tragedy of Sicilian chivalry, a thoroughly realistic treatment. He slipped up on some details. Sample: when cuckolded Alfio challenged swaggering Seducer Turiddu, Alfio stood well back, out of all possible harm's way, looking considerably more foolish than furious. But despite such incongruities, and the fussy set and cluttered stage that offended Critic Downes, the singing (notably by Tenor Richard Tucker and Soprano Zinka Milanov) almost turned Cavalleria...