RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO'S PAGLIACCI AND CARL ORFF'S CARMINA BURANA at Mahalia Jackson Theater

This very special double-bill begins with Pagliacci (The Clowns), one of opera's most powerful stories of overwhelming jealously and its lethal passion, which features the heartbreaking aria "Vesti la giubba." Our special pairing will conclude with Orff's celebration of life--Carmina Burana, featuring the award-winning New Orleans Ballet Theatre (2010 Big Easy awards for "Best Contemporary Choreography" and "Best Classical performance") dancing to this powerfully rhythmic and passionte music. The combined choral forces of the New Orleans Opera Chorus, Loyola University Chorus, and the New Orleans Vocal Arts Chorale (NOVA) will join to make this Carmina Burana unlike any one you have ever seen!