Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) by Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945), a one-act opera set in a Sicilian village, is considered to be the key work of Italian Verismo, introducing contemporary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” might have been a one-hit wonder for its composer but it was Satchmo’s favorite opera. In ...

Opera Orlando artistic director Grant Preisser had a nifty idea: There are two shortish operas, both set in a town square in Sicily, both taking place in a single day and both dealing with love and ...

Opera Santa Barbara (OSB) opens its 32nd season with a new production of Pietro Mascagni’s classic Italian drama “Cavalleria Rusticana,” Nov. 7 and Nov. 9 at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara. A ...

Setting Mascagni’s one-act opera amid the unease of 70s communist Poland, and moving Rachmaninoff’s to a colourful 90s surfing commune, the company does them both delectable justice Opera North’s ...

Cavalleria rusticana is more like a good English Summer day than a no-holds-barred Sicilian bloodfest in the blinding light, though. There’s some sunshine but also a politeness ...

London this summer saw broken temperature records and the collapse of the government over a cocktail party—but the show wasn’t over yet. The Royal Opera came to the end of its season with several ...

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Elijah Moshinsky's production of the terrible twins, Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci, was originally done seven years ago to mark Welsh National Opera's 50th birthday, by reviving one of the two ...

Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” might have been a one-hit wonder for its composer but it was Satchmo’s favorite opera. In the mid-1920s, Louis Armstrong would pop out of the pit at the ...