Word: cavalleria
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Many, many years ago an opera called Cavalleria Rusticana was composed. It proved, as a vaudevillian would say, an immediate wow. Its Intermezzo, written as a time-filler to cover the distribution and consumption of oranges between the acts, has been scored for every known combination of instruments, including flute and banjo, hand-organ, and the voice of John McCormack...
...young man in the checked Victorian suit who composed Cavalleria followed it up with many others. Practically every one of these was a comparative flop, Pietro Mascagni remains a one-opera man (which, after all, is better than a no-opera man, particularly if the one opera is a Cavalleria). It is now 22 years since Mascagni visited the U. S. He arrives here next month, together with the score of his new Piccolo Marat, which has been successful at La Scala in Milan and the San Carlo in Naples. There is a chance that a howling success here will...
Operas abound in fights of all kinds, and always have. There is a sword-fight in Tristan, a bullfight in Carmen, a dagger-fight in Cavalleria Rusticana, a gunfight in The Girl of the Golden West, a Chinese axe-fight in L'Oracolo, not to mention word-fights of staggering intensity, especially when a prima-donna screams in Italian and a baritone roars his defy in French...
Opera at the Polo Grounds, Manhattan, will be repeated this Summer: June 19, Carmen; June 24, Aida; July 1, Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci; July 8, Samson and Delilah; and six others. 12,000 seats will be offered at $1 each. The operas will be radiobroadcast...
When it first appeared the New Yorkers of the 90's called it "refined." That was because they were inclined to resent the impassioned glory of Cavalleria Rusticana which Mascagni had recently given them. The impassioned glory has endured; the refinement has been relegated to the musical pantry of canned goods...