CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
Opera in one act in Italian [Sung in Turkish]
Libretto: G. Menasci and G. Targioni-Tozzetti based on a story of G. Verga
Premièr at Teatro Castonzi, Roma – 17 May 1890
Libretto: G. Menasci and G. Targioni-Tozzetti based on a story of G. Verga
Premièr at Teatro Castonzi, Roma – 17 May 1890
11 January 1950 (11 Performances)
State Opera and Ballet, Ankara
Conductor: Hans Hörner
Chorus master: Adolfo Camozzo / I. Brancucci
Stage director: Renato Mordo
Scene and costumes: Turgut Zaim / Tarık Leventoğlu
Turiddu a young soldier SÜLEYMAN GÜLER/NURİ TURKAN/AYDIN GÜN tenor
Alfio the village teamster ALİ KÖPÜK/VEDAT GÜRTEN baritone
Lola his wife MESUDE ÇAĞLAYAN/TÜRKAN BAYDUR mezzo-soprano
Mamma Lucia Turiddu’s mothern NECDET DEMİR/HİKMET SESAR contralto
Santuzza a village girl LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role debut]
Time: The present, on Easter day
Place: A village in Sicily