Opera Festival of Chicago

Conductor: Uff. Emanuele Andrizzi

Director: Sasha Gerritson

Venue: North Shore Center for the Performing Arts

The season concludes with one of the pillars of Italian opera and one of the most passionate dramas of all times, I Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Sung in Italian, Pagliacci follows the story of a troupe of actors led by Canio and his unfaithful wife Nedda. Love triangles, heartbreaks, betrayal and violent verismo vendettas erupt on stage, where art imitates life in this tragic masterpiece.