Word: cavalleria
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...these people have been provoked by two masterpieces of madness that are known by connoisseurs of Marx Brothers' comedy as "the Animal Bill." They have been shown together for the past year, and there is every reason to believe that this may become a tradition, like the "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "Pagliacci" double bill of grand opera...
...year, she made the same kind of hit in her hurried debut as Cherubino in the City Center's fine production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. But she is beginning to hope it may be her last. She has sung the role of Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana and Mercedes in Carmen, but feels that she still has to prove that she can also sing in skirts...
...were on hand to try. On the nights when the Metropolitan Opera's Ferruccio Tagliavini sang Tosca and Lucia di Lammermoor, there were few empty seats; fans gladly paid double prices to hear once-barred (for alleged collaboration) Tenor Beniamino Gigli sing the operatic twins "Cav" and "Pag" (Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci) with popular Soprano Maria Caniglia and Baritone Tito Gobbi. Even 60-year-old Tenor Tito Schipa was on hand...
Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci...
...days before the opening, the boys had gotten together just to get the feel. Satchmo had warmed up, as usual, on a few bars from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, then for an hour they had lazed through old favorites like Basin Street Blues, Fidgety Feet and Sugar. Finally, Louis put down his horn and hit a few high Fs in the plain-talk department...