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Cavalleria Rusticana

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[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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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

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

Pat got a job in the chorus for the performances of Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci and Carmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Intermezzo of Cavalleria Rusticana of course encored enthusiastically.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 22, 1892 by Various

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