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The title Cavalleria 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.
Contents
Cavelleria Rusticana (the play)
The original text
Adapted by Giovanni Verga (1840-1922)[1] 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.
Translations and adaptations
There have been a number of operas based on Verga's story, among them Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, Mala Pasqua! ("Bad Easter!") by Stanislao Gastaldon (1890) and La Giostra dei Falchi by Domenico Monleone (1907, 1914).
Performance history in South Africa
Cavelleria Rusticana (the opera)
The original text
Composed by Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)[2] with to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (1863-1934)[3] and Guido Menasci (1867-1925)[4], 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]
Translations and adaptations
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).
First translation in Afrikaans by Con de Villiers (1940).
Performance history in South Africa
1893-4: Performed by the Lyric Opera Company on tour in South Africa, including performances in the Opera House, Cape Town, during October, under the management of Edgar Perkins and Arturo Bonamici, in this case done as a double bill with I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), with a company that included Leonora Braham and Marguerite Macintyre.
1899: Performed and taken on a tour the South African cities and towns by the visiting Arthur Rousbey Grand English Opera Company, under the management of Frank de Jong and Herbert Flemming, appearing in Cape Town's Opera House in the second half of the year.
1905: Performed and taken on a tour the South African cities and towns by the visiting Moody-Manners Opera Company, under the management of the Wheeler Brothers. They opened their tour in the Opera House, Cape Town, during February, before going on a tour of the Northern provinces. Their repertoire consisted of Cavelleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci and Faust and the tour ended in Cape Town again, with a farewell season of the three operas in the Good Hope Theatre, opening on 24 April.
1940: de Villiers' Afrikaans translation performed in Stellenbosch.
1958: Presented by the EOAN Group.
1960: Presented by the EOAN Group.
1971: Presented by the EOAN Group.
1986: Presented by CAPAB Opera in a double bill with Gianni Schicchi (9–27 May)
2002: Presented by Cape Town Opera in a double bill with I Pagliacci (3–12 October)
2005: Presented by Cape Town Opera in a double bill with Gianni Schicchi (18–27 November)
Sources
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cavalleria-rusticana-by-Verga
http://www.bestofsicily.com/mag/art11.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalleria_rusticana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Mascagni
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Targioni-Tozzetti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Menasci
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 Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.401,
Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.
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