Cavalleria Rusticana
Americannoun
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In a relatively rare feat, he'll sing the leads in both halves of opera's favorite twin bill: Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci."
From US News • Apr. 23, 2015
Stratford's speeds at the opening of Cavalleria Rusticana are overly slow, and the initial lack of tension is further hampered by the inappropriate gentility of Gweneth-Ann Jeffers's bland Santuzza.
From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2013
The only really well-known pieces are those from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, which Kaufmann delivers with the same directness and perfectly judged musicality that he uses for the far less familiar ones.
From The Guardian • Dec. 16, 2010
Two years later he was on the Covent Garden stage himself, singing Cavalleria Rusticana.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cavalleria Rusticana to follow, with Madame Calvé's grand impersonation of the simple and sad Santuzza.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 27, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
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