Cavalleria rusticana

Also known as Rustic Chivalry

opera by Pietro Mascagni

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Librettist: Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci
Language: Italian
Based on: Cavalleria rusticana
Premiere: 17 May 1890 ( 1890-05-17 ) , Teatro Costanzi , Rome

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Image: Cavalleria Rusticana Illustration Circa 1880.jpg

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Cavalleria rusticana ( pronounced [kavalleˈriːa rustiˈkaːna]; Italian for 'Rustic Chivalry') is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play by Giovanni Verga. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on 17 May 1890 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. Since 1893, it has often been performed in a so-called "Cav/Pag" double-bill with Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo.

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