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Opera's most enduring tragic double bill of verismo masterpieces ÊCavalleria rusticanaÊ and ÊPagliacciÊ share many common features most noticeably their direct language plot simplicity common-folk characters and themes of adultery betrayal revenge and murder. Written within two years of each other and both set in villages in southern Italy they feature dramatic confrontations turbulent emotions and gritty realism.ÞÊCavalleria rusticanaÊ takes place on Easter in a Sicilian village where Turiddu after returning from the army to find his beloved Lola married to the carter Alfio found solace with the peasant girl Santuzza but ultimately betrayed her and ruined her reputation. When Turiddu goes back to Lola Santuzza seeks revenge with tragic results.ÞIn ÊPagliacciÊ a troupe of traveling commedia dell'arte players is torn apart when its leader Canio discovers that his wife Nedda has taken a lover. In the ensuing play within a play the actors struggle to go on with their performance as the line between theater and reality collapses leading to an explosive climax.

The Metropolitan Opera Presents: Mascagni's

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    A Paperback / softback by Ruggero Leoncavallo, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti

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      Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
      Publication Date: 01/04/2015
      ISBN13: 9781574674637, 978-1574674637
      ISBN10: 1574674633

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      Book Synopsis
      Opera's most enduring tragic double bill of verismo masterpieces ÊCavalleria rusticanaÊ and ÊPagliacciÊ share many common features most noticeably their direct language plot simplicity common-folk characters and themes of adultery betrayal revenge and murder. Written within two years of each other and both set in villages in southern Italy they feature dramatic confrontations turbulent emotions and gritty realism.ÞÊCavalleria rusticanaÊ takes place on Easter in a Sicilian village where Turiddu after returning from the army to find his beloved Lola married to the carter Alfio found solace with the peasant girl Santuzza but ultimately betrayed her and ruined her reputation. When Turiddu goes back to Lola Santuzza seeks revenge with tragic results.ÞIn ÊPagliacciÊ a troupe of traveling commedia dell'arte players is torn apart when its leader Canio discovers that his wife Nedda has taken a lover. In the ensuing play within a play the actors struggle to go on with their performance as the line between theater and reality collapses leading to an explosive climax.

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