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Mascagni

American  
[mahs-kah-nyee] / mɑsˈkɑ nji /

noun

  1. Pietro 1863–1945, Italian operatic composer.


Mascagni British  
/ masˈkaɲɲi /

noun

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

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“Anyone can get SLAPPed for any reason,” Mascagni says.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2021

“As more states are adopting anti-SLAPP laws, we are starting to see clever plaintiffs looking to weaker jurisdictions where they can file these lawsuits and not be subject to anti-SLAPP motions,” Mascagni said.

From Washington Post Dec. 22, 2019

The trouble may be that the two operas are more unalike than they appear: the blunt, thunderous Mascagni lacked Leoncavallo’s irony and wit.

From The New Yorker May 4, 2015

That this once-popular Italian-American composer rejected progressive trends in favor of time-tested formulas proved by Puccini, Mascagni and other Italians at the start of the 20th century seems to work against him now.

From New York Times Feb. 25, 2011

And he enjoyed music of all kinds, not only the modern operas of Mascagni, Puccini and so on, but also the old music of Verdi, Donizetti and Bellini. 

From Diversions in Sicily by Jones, Henry Festing

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