Act 3 — MASCAGNI
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THIS composer is too contemporary to be discussed freely. He has done no great amount of work, and fame came to him in his youth. "Cavalleria Rusticana" is his supreme performance, and there is in it a promise of greater things.
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA[A] (Rustic Chivalry)
CHARACTERS OF THE OPERA
Santuzza. Lola. Turiddu. Alfio. Lucia.
Peasants.
The story is of peasant people in a small Sicilian village, on an Easter day.
Composer: Pietro Mascagni. Authors: Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci.
First sung at Rome, May 20, 1890.