The opera Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni will be performed from August 25, 2023 to September 3, 2023 at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice. Cavalleria rusticana is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci. It was composed based on the novel of the same name by Giovanni Verga. The premiere took place in 1890 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.
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The Story of CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
The opera is set in a Sicilian village on Easter morning. It is about love and jealousy, which turns into passionate hatred and thirst for revenge and ends with death.
The Artists
Santuzza • Silvia Beltrami
Turiddu • Jean-François Borras
Lucia • Anna Malavasi
Alfio • Dalibor Janis
Lola • Martina Belli
La Fenice Orchestra & Choir
Conductor • Donato Renzetti
Director • Italo Nunziata
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