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Composer / Author
Pietro Mascagni
Label
Naxos
Catalog Number
8.110714-15
Series
Naxos Historical / Great Opera Recordings
Media
2 × CD
Release Date
2001
SPARS / Process
ADD
Notes:
  • English notes and detailed synopsis by Keith Anderson
  • Includes the text of Mascagni's speech in Italian and English translation
  • No complete libretto
  • Cover Painting: Stage design for the first performance at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome, on May 17th, 1890
  • Archivist & Restoration Producer: Ward Marston
  • Does not use the 1947 Siciliana, but it is not clear which version is used (the "earlier recording", according to the producer's notes, which seems to be a dubbed version as well).

Performances & Cast

April 14-20, 1940, E.A. Teatro alla Scala, Milano  — Cavalleria rusticana
studio
  • Santuzza: Lina Bruna Rasa
  • Turiddu: Beniamino Gigli
  • Alfio: Gino Bechi
  • Mamma Lucia: Giulietta Simionato
  • Lola: Anna Maria Marcucci
  • Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
  • Chorus: Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
  • Chorus Master: Achille Consoli
  • Conductor: Pietro Mascagni
October 1927, Berlin  — Overture
Studio
  • Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
  • Conductor: Pietro Mascagni

2-20397/8

Odeon 5145

1927, Berlin  — Intermezzo
Studio
  • Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
  • Conductor: Pietro Mascagni

536 bg

Polydor 66585

October 1927, Berlin  — Prelude
Studio
  • Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
  • Conductor: Pietro Mascagni

2-20400

Columbia G-50238-D

Parlophone R-20049 (2-20400)

October 1927, Berlin  — Danza delle guèchas
Studio
  • Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
  • Conductor: Pietro Mascagni

Columbia G-50238-D (2-20399)

Parlophone R-20049 (2-20399)

Parlophon P 9170

October 1927, Berlin  — Sinfonia
Studio
  • Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
  • Conductor: Pietro Mascagni

348/9 bi

Polydor 66582

October 1927, Berlin  — Overture
Studio
  • Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
  • Conductor: Pietro Mascagni

346/7 bi

Polydor 66581

1927, Berlin  — Inno del sole
Studio
  • Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
  • Conductor: Pietro Mascagni

351 1/2 bi, 352/3 bi

Polydor 66580/583

Studio
  • Orchestra: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
  • Conductor: Pietro Mascagni

537 bg

Polydor 66580

Track Listing

Disc / Side 1 : CD 1 (62:03)

# Track Title Work Duration
1
Introductory Speech by the Composer
Cavalleria rusticana 1:30
2
Preludio (Orchestra)
Cavalleria rusticana 2:37
3
O Lola, ch'ai di latti la cammisa (Turiddu)
Cavalleria rusticana 6:23
4
Gli aranci olezzano (Chorus)
Cavalleria rusticana 8:43
5
Dite, Mamma Lucia (Santuzza, Lucia)
Cavalleria rusticana 4:38
6
Il cavallo scalpita (Alfio, Chorus)
Cavalleria rusticana 2:57
7
Beato voi, compar Alfio… Regina coeli (Lucia, Alfio, Santuzza, Chorus)
Cavalleria rusticana 8:10
8
Voi lo sapete, o mamma (Santuzza, Lucia)
Cavalleria rusticana 6:37
9
Tu qui, Santuzza (Turiddo, Santuzza)
Cavalleria rusticana 4:20
10
Fior di giaggiolo (Lola, Turiddu, Santuzza)
Cavalleria rusticana 3:32
11
Ah! Lo vedi, che hai tu detto ? (Turiddu, Santuzza)
Cavalleria rusticana 6:46
12
Oh! Il Signore vi manda, compar Alfio ! (Santuzza, Alfio)
Cavalleria rusticana 5:50

Disc / Side 2 : CD 2 (73:50)

# Track Title Work Duration
1
Intermezzo (Orchestra)
Cavalleria rusticana 4:33
2
A casa, a casa, amici (Chorus, Turiddu, Lola)
Cavalleria rusticana 2:59
3
Viva il vino spumeggiante (Turiddu, Chorus, Lola)
Cavalleria rusticana 3:00
4
A voi tutti, salute! (Alfio, Chorus, Turiddu, Lola)
Cavalleria rusticana 5:28
5
Mamma, quel vino è generoso (Turiddu, Lucia, Santuzza)
Cavalleria rusticana 6:07
6
Overture (Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia) - (2-20397/8) Odeon 5145
Overture 7:37
7
Overture (Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani) - (346/7 bi) Polydor 66581
Overture 9:00
8
Intermezzo - (536 bg) Polydor 66585
Intermezzo 4:27
9
Overture - (2-20400) Columbia G-50238-D
Prelude 4:14
10
Intermezzo - (537 bg) Polydor 66580
Intermezzo (Il Sogno di Ratcliff) 5:05
11
Inno al sole - (351 1/2 bi, 352/3 bi) Polydor 66580/583
Inno del sole 10:55
12
Dances - (2-20399) Columbia G-50238-D
Danza delle guèchas 3:26
13
Overture - (348/9 bi) Polydor 66582
Sinfonia 6:57

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