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

19 June 1950

Open-Air Theater, Istanbul

Orchestra and Choir of Ankara State Opera

Conductor: Hans Hörner
Chorus master: Adolfo Camozzo
Stage director: Renato Mordo
Scene and costumes: Turgut Zaim / Tarık Leventoğlu

Turiddu a young soldier SÜLEYMAN GÜLER tenor
Alfio the village teamster ALİ KÖPÜK baritone
Lola his wife MESUDE ÇAĞLAYAN mezzo-soprano
Mamma Lucia Turiddu’s mothern NECDET DEMİR contralto
Santuzza a village girl LEYLA GENCER soprano

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

C A N C E L L E D  

Due to Leyla Gencer’s illness she replaced by soprano Belkıs Aran.

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1950.06.16                                                                                             

Devlet tiyatrosu opera bölümü sanatkârları ve Cumhurbaşkanlığı filârmonik orkestrasından müteşekkil 135 kişilik bir sanatkâr grubu temsiller vermek üzere Ankara’dan dün şehrimize gelmiştir. Temsillere pazartesi Açıkhava tiyatrosunda başlanacak ve o gece «Cavalleria Rusticana» ve «Palyaço» operaları temsil edilecek, salı akşamı bu iki opera tekrarlanacaktır. Ondan sonra da vaziyete göre temsillere devam edilip edilemeyeceği kararlaştırılacaktır.

Ankara 16 (Telefonla) — Devlet tiyatrosu opera bölümü ve Cumhurbaşkanlığı filârmonik orkestrası tam kadroyla İstanbul’a hareket etti. Diğer taraftan haber aldığımıza göre solistlerden Leylâ Gençer, hastalığı yüzünden turneye iştirak edemeyerek burada kalacaktır. Bu kış Ankara’da oynanan «Cavalleria Rusticana» operasının «Santuzza» rolünde büyük bir muvaffakiyet gösteren Leylâ Gençer’in hastalığı sanat çevrelerinde teessür uyandırmıştır.

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1950.06.22                                                                                                

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                                    

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

23 February 1961 (4 Performances)

Teatro Massimo, Palermo

Conductor: Napoleone Annovazzi

Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: Carlo Piccinato

Scene and costumes: Gino Morici 

Turiddu a young soldier GASTONE LIMARILLI tenor

Alfio the village teamster PIERO GUELFI baritone

Lola his wife GABRIELA CARTURAN mezzo-soprano

Mamma Lucia Turiddu’s mother MARIA CANNIZZARO contralto

Santuzza a village girl LEYLA GENCER (?) / GIGLIOLA FRAZZONI soprano

Time: The present, on Easter day

Place: A village in Sicily

IL TABARRO

Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)

Opera one act in Italian

Libretto: G. Adami after the play by Didier Gold

Premièr at Metropolitan Opera, New Yok – 14 December 1918

23 February 1961 (4 Performances)

Teatro Massimo, Palermo

 

Conductor: Napoleone Annovazzi

Chorus master: n/a

Stage director: n/a

Scene and costumes: n/a

Michele, owner of a barge, aged fifty PIERO GUELFI baritone

Luigi, a stevedore, aged twenty ANTONIO GALIE tenore

“Tinca”, a stevedore, aged thirty-five MARIO CARLIN tenore

“Talpa”, a stevedore, aged fifty-five ENRICO CAMPI bass

Giorgetta, Michele’s wife, aged twenty-five ELVIRA GALESSI soprano

Frugola, Talpa’s wife, aged fifty GABRIELA CARTURAN mezzo-soprano

 

Time: Early Twentieth Century

Place: The Seine, Paris

Note: According to Opera Magazine, Gencer announced as Santuzza to perform in Cavalleria but in the book of "Il Teatro Massimo" (Edizioni Priulla 1980) her name replaced by Gigliola Frazzoni. (Below)

OPERA MAGAZINE                                                

1961 January

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

18† April 1964 (4 Performances)

Teatro San Carlo, Napoli

Conductor: Giuseppe Patané
Chorus master: Michele Lauro
Stage director: n/a
Scene and costumes: n/a

Turiddu a young soldier DANIELE BARIONI tenor
Alfio the village teamster GIANGIACOMO GUELFI baritone
Lola his wife NINA CORSI mezzo-soprano
Mamma Lucia Turiddu’s mother BIANCA BERINI contralto
Santuzza a village girl LEYLA GENCER soprano
 
Time: The present, on Easter day
Place: A village in Sicily

† Recording date

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

09, 16, 19, 29 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

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1953.08.14

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

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 

GENCER'S SCORE FOR THE ARIA OF VOI LO SAPETE FROM CAVALLERIA

1950