An introduction to-- Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana
(2004)
By:
Smillie, Thomson
Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Naxos : Made available through hoopla, 2004
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 16 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781843793205 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11137467, 1843793202 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11137467
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Narrated by David Timson
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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