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Cavalleria Rusticana

American  
[kav-uh-luh-ree-uh ruhs-ti-kan-uh, roos-, kah-vahl-le-ree-ah roos-tee-kah-nah] / ˌkæv ə ləˈri ə ˌrʌs tɪˈkæn ə, ˌrʊs-, ˌkɑ vɑl lɛˈri ɑ ˌrus tiˈkɑ nɑ /

noun

  1. an opera (1890) by Pietro Mascagni.


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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

Queena Mario and Giovanni Martinelli sang the leads in Pagliacci which was followed by Cavalleria Rusticana.

From Time Magazine Archive

MASCAGNI's Cavalleria Rusticana was the second course to-night, in which this adaptable lady, the Cupid of the first piece, appeared as old heart-broken grey-haired Lucia, the mother of the gay Turiddu.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 12, 1892 by Various

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