Cavalleria Rusticana — Mascagni.org

Composer / Author: Pietro Mascagni
Label: Eurodisc
Catalog Number: 72245 XR
Media: 2 × LP
Channels: Stereo

Notes:

Notes about Cavalleria Rusticana by Bruno Walter (from his Erinnerungsbuch "Thema und Variationen")
Chronology of Mascagni's life
Short essay "Der Höhepunkt des Verismus" by Dtz.
Synopsis and essay, "Die Musik zu Cavalleria Rusticana" by Karl Schumann
Bios of the protagonists
All text in German
Also Mono version 72244 XR
Only 3 of the 4 sides are recorded

Cavalleria Rusticana cover 1

Performance & Cast

December 18, 1964 — Cavalleria rusticana

Santuzza: Hildegarde Hillebrecht
Turiddu: Rudolf Schock
Alfio: Eberhard Wächter
Mamma Lucia: Alice Oelke
Lola: Bella Jasper
Orchestra: Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chorus:
Chorus Master:
Conductor: Heinrich Hollreiser

sung in German (German version by Oscar Berggruen)