Rustic Chivalry (Cavalleria Rusticana): Melodrama in One Act
Music by Pietro Mascagni · With Guido Menasci · With Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti · Translated by James Cartwright Macy
"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.
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