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Pietro Mascagni (7 December 1863 – 2 August 1945) was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music.
Pietro Mascagni (born December 7, 1863, Livorno, Kingdom of Italy—died August 2, 1945, Rome, Italy) was an Italian operatic composer, one of the principal exponents of verismo, a style of opera writing marked by melodramatic, often violent plots with characters drawn from everyday life.
Aug 10, 2007 · 10M views 16 years ago. Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo Lim Kek-tjiang conducts Evergreen Symphony Orchestra ...more.
Cavalleria rusticana (pronounced [kavalleˈriːa rustiˈkaːna]; Italian for 'Rustic Chivalry') is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play by Giovanni Verga.
Aug 17, 2022 · Until his death in 1945, Mascagni remained a man known for his many passions: cigars, cycling, collecting (watches, pens, clothing) but especially cards. “Playing cards was a real craze,” noted one biographer.
May 7, 2021 · Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His masterpiece, which established forever his name as one of the most important Verismo composers, was ...
Famous for Cavalleria rusticana, Mascagni should be well known for his other operas - but the tide of political history turned against him.
