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Two short operas traditionally performed together, plus instrumental excerpts (intermezzi) from other operas. "Cavalleria rusticana" is a one-act melodrama of jealousy, betrayal, and murder in rural Sicily. "Pagliacci" is a tragic two-act play-within-a-play set in a Ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945
Corporate Authors: Teatro alla Scala, Berliner Philharmoniker
Other Authors: Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919, Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901, Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924, Schmidt, Franz, 1874 December 22-1939, Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912, Giordano, Umberto, 1867-1948, Cilèa, Francesco, 1866-1950, Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno, 1876-1948, Karajan, Herbert von, Cossotto, Fiorenza, Bergonzi, Carlo, Carlyle, Joan, Taddei, Giuseppe
Format: CD Audio
Language:Italian
Published: Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, [1987]1968.
Subjects:
Operas.
Operas > Excerpts.
Orchestral music.
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Summary:Two short operas traditionally performed together, plus instrumental excerpts (intermezzi) from other operas. "Cavalleria rusticana" is a one-act melodrama of jealousy, betrayal, and murder in rural Sicily. "Pagliacci" is a tragic two-act play-within-a-play set in a Calabrian town in 1865, in which the characters--members of a travelling theatrical troupe embroiled in jealousy and suspicion--are unable to separate the drama they are performing from the sordid reality of their own lives.
Item Description:Compact discs.
Program notes, synopses and librettos in English, French, German, and Italian in booklet.
Deutsche Grammophon: 419 257-2 (419 258-2--419 260-2)
Libretto of Cavalleria Rusticana by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, based on a story by Giovanni Verga; libretto of Pagliacci by the composer.
Sound recording.
Physical Description:3 sound discs (approximately 198 min.) : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (173 pages)