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
20†, 25, 28 February 1971
Teatro San Carlo, Napoli

Conductor: Umberto Cattini
Chorus master: Giacomo Maggiore
Stage director: Aldo Masella
Scene and costumes: Adriana Muojo

Turiddu a young soldier AMADEO ZAMBON tenor
Alfio the village teamster CARLO MELICIANI baritone
Lola his wife GULIANA RICCIARDI 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

† Recording date 

Photos © FOTO TRONCONE, Napoli






L'UNITA                                          
1970.11.03 

OPERA MAGAZINE                                    
1970 December

Recording Excerpts [1971.02.20]
Dite Mamma Lucia Scene II
Inneggiamo Scene III
Voi lo sapete Scene IV
Tu qui, Santuzza? Scene V
Oh! il Signore vi manda Scene VIII                                    
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