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Mascagni

American  
[mahs-kah-nyee] / mɑsˈkɑ nyi /

noun

  1. Pietro 1863–1945, Italian operatic composer.


Mascagni British  
/ masˈkaɲɲi /

noun

  1. Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). 1863–1945, Italian composer of operas, including Cavalleria rusticana (1890)

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“Anyone can get SLAPPed for any reason,” Mascagni says.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2021

“As more states are adopting anti-SLAPP laws, we are starting to see clever plaintiffs looking to weaker jurisdictions where they can file these lawsuits and not be subject to anti-SLAPP motions,” Mascagni said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2019

It was Intermezzo of the opera “Cavalleria Rusticana” by Pietro Mascagni.

From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2017

The first programs, last weekend, focused on the contrasts between Puccini and contemporaries like Pietro Mascagni and Alfredo Catalani.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2016

Can she turn to Puccini, whose later operas seem bereft of merit, to Mascagni, to Strauss, to any other of the living opera composers?

From Interpreters by Van Vechten, Carl

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