Mascagni

American

[mahs-kah-nyee] / mɑsˈkɑ nyi /

noun

Pietro 1863–1945, Italian operatic composer.

Mascagni British

/ masˈkaɲɲi /

noun

Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). 1863–1945, Italian composer of operas, including Cavalleria rusticana (1890)

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“The issue brings together strange bedfellows,” says Evan Mascagni, policy director of the Public Participation Project, an advocacy group for anti-SLAPP laws.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2021

Evan Mascagni, policy director with the Public Participation Project, which is pushing for a federal anti-SLAPP law, said that an uneven legal landscape has prompted plaintiffs to “forum shop” their cases.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2019

It was Intermezzo of the opera “Cavalleria Rusticana” by Pietro Mascagni.

From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2017

The first programs, last weekend, focused on the contrasts between Puccini and contemporaries like Pietro Mascagni and Alfredo Catalani.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2016

Mascagni called upon us at that time, and I asked him to hear me sing.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis

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