Cavalleria Rusticana
Americannoun
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It is impossible to watch round 13 without the hauntingly beautiful intermezzo from Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana providing subconscious backing music.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 8, 2016
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
One of this year's highlights: a sellout performance of Cavalleria Rusticana by four Italian opera singers from Milan in honor of Composer Pietro Mascagni's 100th anniversary.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had come to Plattville before "Cavalleria Rusticana" was sung at Rome, and now, entranced, he heard the "Intermezzo" for the first time.
From The Gentleman from Indiana by Tarkington, Booth
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