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| + | The title ''[[Cavelleria Rusticana]]'' ("rustic chivalry") can refer to both a short story (published 1880) and a play by Giovanni Verga (1840-1922)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Verga], as well as the much more famous opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Mascagni]. | ||
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| + | There have been three operas based on Verga's story: ''[[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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| − | + | Composed by with to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and 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] | |
==Translations and adaptations== | ==Translations and adaptations== | ||
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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". | 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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[[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.) | [[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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Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | ||
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Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | ||
Revision as of 05:40, 5 December 2019
The title Cavelleria Rusticana ("rustic chivalry") can refer to both a short story (published 1880) and a play by Giovanni Verga (1840-1922)[1], as well as the much more famous opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)[2].
Contents
Cavelleria Rusticana (the play)
There have been three operas based on Verga's story: Cavelleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, Mala Pasqua! ("Bad Easter!") by Stanislao Gastaldon (1890) and La Giostra dei Falchi by Domenico Monleone (1907, 1914).
Cavelleria Rusticana (the opera)
The original text
Composed by with to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and 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]
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
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".
Sources
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,
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