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| − | The title ''[[Cavelleria Rusticana]]'' ("rustic chivalry") can refer to a short story (published in the collection ''Vita dei Campi'' in 1880) and a subsequent play (1884), both by Giovanni Verga, as well as the famous opera in one act (1890) by Pietro Mascagni.
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| − | =Cavelleria Rusticana (the play)=
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| − | ==The original text==
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| − | Adapted by Giovanni Verga (1840-1922)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Verga] form his own popular short story (written in ''verismo'' style and published in 1880), as a vehicle for the actress Eleanora Duse, the play was produced in 1884 and became his most successful theatrical work.
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | There have been a number of operas based on Verga's story, among them ''[[Cavelleria Rusticana]]'' by Pietro Mascagni, ''Mala Pasqua!'' ("Bad Easter!") by Stanislao Gastaldon (1890) and ''La Giostra dei Falchi'' by Domenico Monleone (1907, 1914).
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | =Cavelleria Rusticana (the opera)=
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| − | Composed by Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Mascagni] with to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (1863-1934)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Targioni-Tozzetti] and Guido Menasci (1867-1925)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Menasci], the opera is based on Verga's play. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on 17 May 1890 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. Since 1893, it has often been performed in a so-called Cav/Pag double-bill with Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo.[1]
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| − | ==Translations and adaptations==
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| − | A number of filmed versions have been made of the opera over the years, including one by Carmine Gallone (film musical, 1953), Alan Burke (Australian television play, 1959), and by Franco Zeffirelli (film, 1982).
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| − | == Performance history in South Africa ==
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| − | 1895: Performed by the [[Ancarina Massimimi Italian Opera Company]] in the [[Opera House]], Cape Town, early in the year. Though the company's performances in its extensive repertoire were considered excellent performers by Boonzaier (1923), he says that the company failed to gain much public support and that the entire undertaking was "a disastrous failure".
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| − | = Sources =
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| − | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cavalleria-rusticana-by-Verga
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| − | http://www.bestofsicily.com/mag/art11.htm
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| − | https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/cavalleria-rusticana-giovanni-verga-1880
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalleria_rusticana
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Mascagni
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Targioni-Tozzetti
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Menasci
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| − | [[D.C. Boonzaier]], 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in ''SA Review'', 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in [[F.C.L. Bosman|Bosman]] 1980: pp. 374-439.)
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| − | [[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp.401,
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