Cavalleria Rusticana

[ kav-uh-luh-ree-uh ruhs-ti-kan-uh, roos-; Italian kah-vahl-le-ree-ah roos-tee-kah-nah ]

noun

1. an opera (1890) by Pietro Mascagni.

Example Sentences

What an excellent musical-box, playing quite a good imitation of Cavalleria Rusticana.

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One says that necessity is the mother of invention; it seems that in this case poverty was the father of "Cavalleria Rusticana."

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Even “Cavalleria Rusticana,” of recent creation, is falling rapidly into oblivion.

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Turiddu's drinking song in "Cavalleria Rusticana" is a good example.

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So instead of sherry with the soup, they ordered the intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana."

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