During the press conference, Superintendent Paul Magaudda wanted to thank the employees of the Theater and has also put considerable emphasis on increasing the number of subscribers for both posters in: "A completely different result to that obtained, even from large theaters in other Italian cities. Membership of our fellow citizens comforts us and gives us the enthusiasm necessary to accomplish the enormous work involved in a season so full of titles and events. "
The artistic director, Lorenzo parents, explaining why the coupling of these two titles ( The cloak is the first of Puccini's Trittico, then go into scene Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi ), focused on the works recalling how desperate are the representation of love and also announced the murder. To this have been described as "works veristic" "But - he added - if we go to slightly raise the crust in Tabarro will notice tonal and harmonic atmosphere worthy of Mallarmé and Debussy, and even if Cavalleria rusticana it is more indulgent than allude to paint, there is always a goal of wanting to highlight to the point of creating a representation of a second level, so as to make it more intriguing and unsettling than a simple oleography could do. " 
Michele Mirabella , although from the point of view the most popular is known for her appearances on the small screen, has a long record as a director of opera: it has exceeded twenty. It is presented as follows: "Today, everyone loves to invent, I think La Boheme set in a brothel, but it's the music that counts and if there is the hand of Mascagni or Puccini or Verdi, you must set the ' work at a time when these great minds have thought so myself as a modern and unconventional director, because they are traditional. For example, this will Cavalleria rusticana a philological reading impeccable Verga's drama that, musically, including Mascagni's fine. The staging is great, I love Rubertelli and is a great honor for me to enjoy its scenery. " The master Vito Clemente insisted on the musical quality of the two works: "I Tabarro The use of musical instruments - he said - is very sophisticated, there is great skill composition and is abundant use of recurring themes as the river, love and adultery, often presented alone or in combination. It would then wrong Mascagni if \u200b\u200bit dealt only with great momentum in her writing, because the techniques are new Cavalleria rusticana for the time. Here too, the instrumentation is very refined and the orchestra is an absolute hero. "
absolute value of the cast of singers, starting with the baritone Carlo Guelfi (Michele will The cloak , Alfio in Cavalleria ), continuing with soprano Cristina Piperno (Giorgetta and Santuzza), the Russian tenor Badri Maisuradze (Luigi and Turiddu) Francesco La Spada and then , Todaro Salvo, Antonella Colajanni and Stefania School. The Choir "Francesco Cilea 'of Reggio Calabria is directed by Bruno Tirotta .
