Cavalleria rusticana: Prelude
Pietro Mascagni (December 7, 1863 – August 2, 1945) is one of the most impo… Read Full Bio ↴Pietro Mascagni (December 7, 1863 – August 2, 1945) is one of the most important Italian opera composers of the turn of the twentieth century.
Mascagni's 1890 masterpiece, Cavalleria Rusticana, caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and singlehandedly ushered in the Verismo movement. Though it has been stated and restated ad nauseam that Mascagni, like Leoncavallo, was a "one-opera man" who could never repeat his first success, this is highly inaccurate: L'Amico Fritz and Iris have been popular in Europe since their respective premieres; in fact, Mascagni himself claimed that at one point Iris was performed in Italy more often than Cavalleria (cf. Stivender).
Mascagni wrote a total of fifteen operas, plus an operetta, several beautiful orchestral and vocal works, as well as songs and piano music. He enjoyed amazing success during his lifetime, both as a composer and conductor. If he never repeated the public success of Cavalleria, it was probably because Mascagni refused to copy himself. The variety of styles in Mascagni's operas -- the Sicilian passion and warmth of Cavalleria, the Asian flavor of Iris, the idyllic breeze that ventilates L'Amico Fritz, the French hues in Isabeau, the steely, Verismo quality of Il Piccolo Marat -- demonstrate a versatility that none of the other Veristi could boast, Puccini included.
Mascagni's 1890 masterpiece, Cavalleria Rusticana, caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and singlehandedly ushered in the Verismo movement. Though it has been stated and restated ad nauseam that Mascagni, like Leoncavallo, was a "one-opera man" who could never repeat his first success, this is highly inaccurate: L'Amico Fritz and Iris have been popular in Europe since their respective premieres; in fact, Mascagni himself claimed that at one point Iris was performed in Italy more often than Cavalleria (cf. Stivender).
Mascagni wrote a total of fifteen operas, plus an operetta, several beautiful orchestral and vocal works, as well as songs and piano music. He enjoyed amazing success during his lifetime, both as a composer and conductor. If he never repeated the public success of Cavalleria, it was probably because Mascagni refused to copy himself. The variety of styles in Mascagni's operas -- the Sicilian passion and warmth of Cavalleria, the Asian flavor of Iris, the idyllic breeze that ventilates L'Amico Fritz, the French hues in Isabeau, the steely, Verismo quality of Il Piccolo Marat -- demonstrate a versatility that none of the other Veristi could boast, Puccini included.
Cavalleria rusticana: Prelude
Pietro Mascagni Lyrics
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'Viva il vino spumeggiante' Intanto amici, qua Beviamone un bicchiere Viva il vino spum…
Attesa La mia vita va come un fiume in piena. Io con…
Cavalleria Rusticana: "Dite Mamma Lucia" Dite, Mamma Lucia Sei tu? Che vuoi! Turiddu ov′e? Fin qui…
Cavalleria Rusticana: "Dite, Mamma Lucia" Dite, Mamma Lucia Sei tu? Che vuoi! Turiddu ov'e? Fin qui…
Cavalleria Rusticana: Dite Mamma Lucia Dite, Mamma Lucia Sei tu? Che vuoi! Turiddu ov'e? Fin qui…
Cavalleria rusticana: Regina coeli laetare INTERNO (dalla Chiesa.) Regina coeli, laetare—Alleluja! Quia…
Serenata Come col capo sotto l'ala bianca dormon le palombelle innamo…
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@sabrinaaurora8355
Le domeniche mattina la nostra casa risuonava di questa meraviglia io e mio fratello eravamo bambini ,grazie papà che ci hai introdotti nella grande bellezza💗
@giacomozaccone2284
Tutti I compositori del romanticismo italiano sono sublimi come Puccini e Mascagni.L'intermezzo della Cavalleria rusticana mi riempie l'animo di nostalgia e di tanto romanticismo e mi commuove
@stellavega77
la cavalleria rusticana che è la mia opera preferita, mi riporta alla mia infanzia, quando mio padre l'ascoltava estasiato accanto al suo vecchio stereo. E' l'unica opera insieme alla boheme di Puccini, che mi piace dall'inizio alla fine e questo preludio è decisamente sublime! Nn posso nn ringraziare mio padre che non c'è più per avermi fatto conoscere una musica che solo una mente geniale e profondamente sensibile poteva comporre.
@Gnuna87
impossibile contenere l'esplosione di emozioni che scatena..
@carlosalbertotararam9145
Che meraviglia.........
@lucianasalis9216
Che musica meravigliosa, commovente! ❤️
@aldoscialpi7368
Cavalleria Rusticana.
Opera Immortale !
@vaiksvaiks
1.23 to 1.38 that flute solo never ceases to amaze me. it's simply magical
@josealcarazcabeza3478
Poesía y música.
Genio y sentimiento fusionados.
Hito en la historia de la música es esta composición.
Viva la Italia y tutti los italianos besos.
@wingedtraveller
I never heard of him before, thank you