PAGLIACCI
SEP 27 – OCT 6, 2019
Music and Libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo
English translation by Bill Bankes-Jones
Sung in English and Italian with English surtitles
Runs approximately 90 minutes with no intermission
There is no re-entry, no late seating. There will be action throughout the spaces and performers moving throughout the audience. Please note that this production uses haze, guns, knives, a whip, a cannon, cannon sound effects, stage blood, strobing lights and atmospherics.
Join us an hour before doors open for a variety of food trucks uniquely curated by Roaming Hunger. Each performance will have a different variety of food options from local companies.
After having a bite to eat, doors will open where you will be able to enjoy a traditional carnival atmosphere complete with energy readers, acrobats, carnival games, performances from local performers and more.
When the performances wrap up, you will be invited into the big top where you will take your seats for the main event, a performance of Pagliacci unlike anything you have seen before.
ICONIC MUSIC | JEALOUSY & PASSION | IMMERSIVE, ONE-OF-A-KIND INSTALLATION
When a traveling troupe arrives to perform in a bustling town, the secrets and jealousies among them threaten to explode onstage—with deadly consequences. BLO presents its first-ever Pagliacci through a carnival-style installation that mirrors the “play within a play” of the opera and invites audiences to step into the drama.
“So, if you’re intimidated by the Carmens and Barber of Sevilles of the world, this is your shot—it’s not often that opera comes with a side of cotton candy.” –Boston Magazine
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