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Opera Explained: MASCAGNI - Cavalleria rusticana (Smillie) |
Opera Explained
An Introduction to... MASCAGNI: Cavalleria rusticana
Written by Thomson Smillie
Narrated by David Timson
1 CD
12-page booklet
ISBN: 1-84379-084-X
8.558080
Cavalleria rusticana is the short opera that has all the elements of a grand opera compressed into a single highly dramatic time span. The story of love, lust, blood-feud and betrayal played out against the pageantry of the Easter celebrations in a Sicilian village delivers an emotional wallop because of the youthful vigour and musical wealth of its great score which includes the glorious Easter Hymn and the deeply moving Intermezzo. Mascagni was never to repeat his youthful success but this brief work is enough to ensure his immortality.
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Opera Explained: Cavalleria rusticana
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Background: Introduction
00:04:40
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Background: History
00:03:07
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Background: The bel canto: Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti
00:02:12
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Background: Verdi
00:04:27
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Background: Puccini and the verismo school
00:03:02
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Background: Bizet's Carmen
00:04:11
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Background: Mascagni
00:06:51
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Background: Mascagni's other operas
00:05:06
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Cavalleria rusticana: Prelude and Sicilian setting
00:06:34
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Cavalleria rusticana: Beginning
00:05:14
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Cavalleria rusticana: The Easter Hymn
00:07:18
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Cavalleria rusticana: Sin and sanctity
00:03:11
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Cavalleria rusticana: Santuzza confronts Turiddu
00:04:41
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Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo
00:05:58
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Cavalleria rusticana: Turiddu drinks and Alfio makes his challenge
00:03:19
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Cavalleria rusticana: Turiddu says goodbye before the duel
00:06:40
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Total Playing Time: 01:16:31 |
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