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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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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

Two years later he was on the Covent Garden stage himself, singing Cavalleria Rusticana.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her principal part with this organization was Santuzza in "Cavalleria Rusticana."

From Famous Prima Donnas by Strang, Lewis Clinton