More info on Cavalleria Rusticana
Composer: | Pietro Mascagni |
Librettist: | Guido Menasci |
Premiere: | 17 May 1890, Rome (Teatro Costanzi) |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Cavalleria Rusticana Synopsis |
Libretto: | Cavalleria Rusticana Libretto |
Translation(s): |
About the opera Cavalleria Rusticana
In Cavalleria Rusticana ('Rustic Chivalry'), a woman abandoned by her lover seeks revenge. Last seen in Madison over 30 years ago, this double-bill features everything you want in an opera, with passionate music, intense emotions, and powerful drama. Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci Friday, November 2 at. 'Cavalleria Rusticana' in its original form is a short story, compact and tense, by Giovanni Verga. From it was made the stage tragedy, in which Eleonora Duse displayed her great powers as an actress. It is a drama of swift action and intense emotion; of passion, betrayal, and retribution. Cavalleria Rusticana, created by Pietro Mascagni, became one of the benchmarks of verismo operas. These types of theatrical compositions deal with ordinary people in ordinary places. There are no Gods or Valkyries, no princes or princesses, no talking foxes or fairies, just normal men and women who work for a.
In July 1888 the Milanese music publisher Edoardo Sonzogno announced a competition open to all young Italian composers who had not yet had an opera performed on stage. They were invited to submit a one-act opera, of which the three best (selected by a jury of five prominent Italian critics and composers) would be staged in Rome at Sonzogno's expense.
Roles in Cavalleria Rusticana
| Santuzza | Soprano |
| Turiddu | Tenor |
| Lucia | Contralto |
| Alfio | Baritone |
| Lola | Mezzo-Soprano |
More details roles |
External links for Cavalleria Rusticana
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
Popular videos from Cavalleria Rusticana
All scenes from Cavalleria Rusticana
Arias from Cavalleria RusticanaDuets from Cavalleria Rusticana
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci Opera
Description
New production.
Played with Pagliacci.
Marco Armiliato directs the dates for 2021.
More information on the official website of the Arena.
Following the measures adopted by the government within the framework of the fight against the propagation of the coronavirus COVID-19, the festival had to cancel this production in 2020, and postpone it to 2021.
Schedule
Cavalleria Rusticana Opera Synopsis
June 13, 2020 21:00:00
June 19, 2020 21:00:00
June 26, 2020 21:00:00
July 03, 2020 21:00:00
July 08, 2020 21:00:00
July 17, 2020 21:00:00
August 08, 2020 20:45:00
August 13, 2020 20:45:00
August 22, 2020 20:45:00
June 25, 2021 21:00:00
July 02, 2021 21:00:00
July 22, 2021 21:00:00
July 31, 2021 21:00:00
August 14, 2021 20:45:00
Casting
Katia Ricciarelli
Work's characters list
Director
Conductor
Conductor
Mamma Lucia
Mamma Lucia
Mamma Lucia
In Cavalleria Rusticana ('Rustic Chivalry'), a woman abandoned by her lover seeks revenge. Last seen in Madison over 30 years ago, this double-bill features everything you want in an opera, with passionate music, intense emotions, and powerful drama. Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci Friday, November 2 at. 'Cavalleria Rusticana' in its original form is a short story, compact and tense, by Giovanni Verga. From it was made the stage tragedy, in which Eleonora Duse displayed her great powers as an actress. It is a drama of swift action and intense emotion; of passion, betrayal, and retribution. Cavalleria Rusticana, created by Pietro Mascagni, became one of the benchmarks of verismo operas. These types of theatrical compositions deal with ordinary people in ordinary places. There are no Gods or Valkyries, no princes or princesses, no talking foxes or fairies, just normal men and women who work for a.
In July 1888 the Milanese music publisher Edoardo Sonzogno announced a competition open to all young Italian composers who had not yet had an opera performed on stage. They were invited to submit a one-act opera, of which the three best (selected by a jury of five prominent Italian critics and composers) would be staged in Rome at Sonzogno's expense.
Roles in Cavalleria Rusticana
| Santuzza | Soprano |
| Turiddu | Tenor |
| Lucia | Contralto |
| Alfio | Baritone |
| Lola | Mezzo-Soprano |
More details roles |
External links for Cavalleria Rusticana
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| Sheetmusic for opera | Sheetmusicplus.com |
| MP3's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
| DVD/CD's for this opera | on Amazon.com |
Popular videos from Cavalleria Rusticana
All scenes from Cavalleria Rusticana
Arias from Cavalleria RusticanaDuets from Cavalleria Rusticana
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci Opera
Description
New production.
Played with Pagliacci.
Marco Armiliato directs the dates for 2021.
More information on the official website of the Arena.
Following the measures adopted by the government within the framework of the fight against the propagation of the coronavirus COVID-19, the festival had to cancel this production in 2020, and postpone it to 2021.
Schedule
Cavalleria Rusticana Opera Synopsis
June 13, 2020 21:00:00
June 19, 2020 21:00:00
June 26, 2020 21:00:00
July 03, 2020 21:00:00
July 08, 2020 21:00:00
July 17, 2020 21:00:00
August 08, 2020 20:45:00
August 13, 2020 20:45:00
August 22, 2020 20:45:00
June 25, 2021 21:00:00
July 02, 2021 21:00:00
July 22, 2021 21:00:00
July 31, 2021 21:00:00
August 14, 2021 20:45:00
Casting
Katia Ricciarelli
Work's characters list
Director
Conductor
Conductor
Mamma Lucia
Mamma Lucia
Mamma Lucia
Santuzza
Santuzza
Santuzza
Santuzza
Santuzza
Santuzza
Santuzza
Lola
Lola
Turiddu
Turiddu
Turiddu
Turiddu
Turiddu
Turiddu
Alfio
Alfio
Alfio
Alfio
Alfio
