CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA

Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
Opera in one act in Italian 
Libretto: G. Menasci and G. Targioni-Tozzetti based on a story of G. Verga
Premièr at Teatro Castonzi, Roma – 17 May 1890
16, 19 July 1953
Arena Flegrea, Napoli

Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Conductor: Ugo Rapalo
Chorus master: Michele Lauro
Stage director: Ciro Scafa
Scene and costumes: Cesare Maria Cristini

Turiddu a young soldier ROBERTO TURRISI tenor
Alfio the village teamster GIAN GIACOMO GUELFI baritone
Lola his wife n/a mezzo-soprano
Mamma Lucia Turiddu’s mother n/a contralto
Santuzza a village girl LEYLA GENCER soprano

Time: The present, on Easter day
Place: A village in Sicily

Photos © FOTO TRONCONE, Napoli




CONTRACT FOR THE PERFORMANCES

1953.08.06

VATAN DAILY NEWSPAPER                                                 
1953.08.14
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