Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci review – compellingly sung operatic misery

Royal Opera House, LondonThe temperature may fluctuate in this revival of Damiano Michieletto’s detailed production of these two one-acters, but the singing demands attentionIt’s hard to believe that Damiano Michieletto’s production of opera’s best-known double bill got booed here two years ago. No doubt those few noisy people were still smarting from his controversial Guillaume Tell a few months earlier. Nobody’s taking aim at him this time, nor should they. Genera