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Cavalleria Rusticana

DG · 429 568-2 · CD

Composer / Author
Pietro Mascagni
Label
DG
Catalog Number
429 568-2
Media
CD
Release Date
1990
SPARS / Process
DDD
Channels
Stereo
Notes:
  • Essay in English: "Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana - Realism or Ritual?", by Peter Conrad
  • Essay in German: "Bluttat und Fata Morgana des Singens: Pietro Mascagni und seine erste Oper", by Karl Dietrich Gräwe
  • Essay in French: "Cavalleria Rusticana ou Mascagni, le vériste malgré lui", by Sylviane Falcinelli
  • Essay in Italian: "I problemi della semplicità (con la trama dell'opera)", by Guido Salvetti
  • Synopsis and libretto in English, German, French and Italian
  • Pictures of the young Mascagni, Mascagni and his librettists
  • Engraving by A. Montuori of the Teatro Costanzi of Rome
  • Drawing by A. Bonamore of the final scene of Cavalleria Rusticana
  • Portraits of the protagonists, picture of the orchestra at All Saints' Church
  • Drawings of the sets and costumes

Performance & Cast

June 1989, All Saints' Church, Tooting, London  — Cavalleria rusticana
  • Santuzza: Agnes Baltsa
  • Turiddu: Plácido Domingo
  • Alfio: Juan Pons
  • Mamma Lucia: Vera Baniewicz
  • Lola: Susanne Mentzer
  • Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Chorus: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
  • Chorus Master: Robin Stapleton
  • Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli
  • Musical Assistance: Paul Wynne Griffiths

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