Cavalleria Rusticana – Manchester High School, Manchester

About this event

The event is a single-work opera presentation by the Manchester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale within its 67th season, 2026-2027. The program is categorized as an orchestra event and takes place in Bailey Auditorium at Manchester High School. It is presented as a one-act opera rather than a double bill. The published information identifies Pietro Mascagni as composer and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci as librettists. Renee Macdonald is identified as Santuzza in a role debut, and James Anthony Mancuso is identified with the role spelled Turridu. The performance language is Italian. No director, conductor, designer, chorus credit, orchestra personnel, or additional production team is publicly identified.

Cast & creative

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  Santuzza

  Renee Macdonald
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  Turridu

  James Mancuso
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  Composer

  Pietro Mascagni
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  Librettist

  Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti
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  Librettist

  Guido Menasci
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  Librettist

  Giovanni Verga