Cavalleria rusticana
Music by Pietro Mascagni · libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti · premiered 1890 · at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Cavalleria rusticana (pronounced [kavalleˈriːa rustiˈkaːna]; Italian for 'Rustic Chivalry') is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play by Giovanni Verga. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on 17 May 1890 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. Since 1893, it has often been performed in a so-called "Cav/Pag" double-bill with Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo.
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About the Composer
Pietro Mascagni is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Pietro Mascagni
- Guglielmo Ratcliff (1822)
- Cavalleria rusticana discography (1890)
- I Rantzau (1892)
- Iris (1898)
- Amica (1905)
- Il piccolo Marat (1916)