Cavalleria rusticana

• Santuzza, a young peasant girl (soprano )
• Turiddu, a young farmer (Tenor)
• Lucia, his mother (Alt )
• Alfio, a carter (baritone )
• Lola, his wife (Soprano)
• Compatriots, children ( choir )

Cavalleria rusticana ( Sicilian peasant Honour) is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni. As a literary work it was the same story by Giovanni Verga from the collection of short stories Sicily stories. The libretto was written by Giovanni Verga, Giovanni Targioni - Tozzetti and Guido Menasci. The premiere took place on 17 May 1890 Teatro dell'Opera di Roma ( Teatro Costanzi at that time ) held in Rome. The playing time of the opera is about 70 minutes. The opera is set in a Sicilian village on Easter morning. Stylistically, the opera belongs to the realism.

The Cavalleria Rusticana is also a major part of the third and last part of the Mafia trilogy The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola dar. Many photos and actions of the opera are cited in the film. Furthermore, the Intermezzo was used as the opening melody for the film Raging Bull.

To obtain a full-length performance period, is often played the two-act, also verismo opera Pagliacci ( Pagliacci, literally Bajazzi or Clowns ) by Ruggero Leoncavallo following the Cavalleria.

Action

The peasants greet each other happily to the church. Only Santuzza is sad and restless. She asks Lucia, where Turiddu, her lover was. He has come up again, ensnare by Lola, the wife of Fuhrmanns Alfio, and Santuzza want Turiddu evening seen in the village, although he was ostensibly to buy wine away. Alfio returns from a trip and looking forward to the reunion with his "faithful females ". When he is gone, the old Santuzza Lucia laments her suffering. All go to church, only Santuzza waiting for Turiddu. But he respected her jealous reproaches not, he is spellbound by Lola, who dances with a flirtatious song to the church. Turiddu wants to follow her, Santuzza stands in the way of asking, threatening, begging for his love.

But Turiddu has no ear for them. Furious, he throws her to the ground and rushes into the church, according to Lola. It Goes Santuzzas passionate love in passionate hatred for. Besides, she hurls a curse after him, and just as Alfio comes by, she opens his eyes to his wife's infidelity.

A few minutes left the scene empty: an intermezzo sinfonico the orchestra symbolizes the Easter peace of pious churchgoer. The show is over. The people meet in the pub. Turiddu invites them for a drink. As Alfio arrives and confronts Turiddu, this bites Alfio finally ear. All farmers know immediately what this means in the traditional way: fight to the death, a duel. This challenge is very Alfios sense.

But Turiddu noticed that he drank too much wine, and would prefer to flee rather than fight a duel. He takes leave of his mother, asks for her blessings and tells Santuzza their protection. Then he rushes out. Santuzza falls desperately in his mother Lucia 's arms. This is followed by moments of provoking tension until a shocked woman cry proclaims: Turiddu 's been stabbed! He's dead!

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