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Mascagni, PietroCavalleria rusticana (Sizilianische Bauernehre) (1889) 75'
Opera in one act

Music Text      Deutsch
Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, based on the folk play of the same title by Giovanni Verga; German version by Oskar Berggruen (I,G)

Scoring
S,M,A,T,Bar,2speaking roles; mixed chorus; 2.2picc.2.2.2-4.2.3.1-timp.perc(3):BD/SD/cym/tam-t-2harp-strings; off-stage: harp-org-perc:plate bells (This work is published and distributed for stage performances by Boosey & Hawkes / Bote & Bock in Germany, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and in German speaking Switzerland.)


For full details on this stagework, including synopsis and roles, please visit our Opera section.


World Premiere
5/17/1890
Teatro Costanzi, Roma
Gemma Bellincioni (Santuzza) / Roberto Stagno (Turridu) and others / Leopoldo Mugnone





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