Cavalleria rusticana Pagliacci (1970)

Operas most popular double bill fondly known as Cav and Pag conducted by Herbert von Karajan In Cavalleria rusticana Turiddu returns from military service to find that his fiancée Lola had married the carter Alfio while he was away In revenge Turiddu seduces Santuzza a young woman in the village In Pagliacci the drama unfolds as Canio Pagliaccio struggles with rage despair and desire on learning of his wife Neddas intended infidelity with Silvio Canios tragic conflict increasingly mirrors the comedy of Pagliaccio