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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

More will be heard from Graham, starting with a PBS broadcast of Cavalleria Rusticana on Sept.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sorry, indeed, are all London lovers of music at the sudden departure from our midst and mist of Cavalleria Rusticana, the Rustic Cavalier.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 19, 1891 by Various