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Cavalleria rusticana
Cavalleria rusticana
(;
Italian
for "Rustic
Chivalry
") is an
opera
in one act by
Pietro Mascagni
to an Italian
libretto
by
Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti
and
Guido Menasci
, adapted from a play and short story written by
Giovanni Verga
. 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
.
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