Cavalleria Rusticana

But in summer 2022, she had to drop “Cavalleria Rusticana” in London and “Aida” in Salzburg before they opened.

The eight cellists presented him with a moving Renaud Guieu arrangement of the prelude and Siciliana from Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” they had recorded.

The director also weaves together the two short operas by having characters from “Pagliacci” appear onstage during “Cavalleria Rusticana” and vice versa.

And at the Royal Opera from Tuesday through July 20, audiences will have the chance to experience her in Damiano Michieletto’s double bill of “Pagliacci” and Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana,” first seen in 2015.

It was during Goerke’s set — a throat-clearer of “God Bless America,” an uncannily rich inhabitation of “Voi lo sapete o mamma” from Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana,” and a soaring “Climb Every Mountain” — that pocketed phones started to buzz against the seats, an outburst of digital cicadas that spelled trouble.