Rustic Chivalry (Cavalleria Rusticana): Melodrama in One Act by Pietro Mascagni et al.

"Rustic Chivalry (Cavalleria Rusticana): Melodrama in One Act" by Pietro Mascagni is an opera composed in 1890. Set in a Sicilian village on Easter morning, this verismo masterpiece explores the aftermath of betrayal and jealousy. A young soldier returns from service to find his fiancée married to another man. In revenge, he seduces a village woman—but his former love, consumed by jealousy, begins an affair with him. Premiered in Rome to thunderous applause, this passionate one-act opera became an immediate sensation across Europe and America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Composer Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945
Librettist Menasci, Guido, 1867-1925
Librettist Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni, 1863-1934
Translator Macy, James Cartwright, 1845-1918
Title Rustic Chivalry (Cavalleria Rusticana): Melodrama in One Act
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalleria_rusticana
Credits Produced by Colin Bell, Paul Marshall, Joseph Cooper and
the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class ML: Music: Literature of music
Subject Operas -- Librettos
Category Text
eBook-No. 48007
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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