Cavalleria Rusticana in Concert
Date and Time
Sunday Mar 18, 2012
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
Sunday, March 18 at 2 pm
Location
Pilgrim Congregational Church, 600 N. Garey Avenue, Pomona, California , 91767
Fees/Admission
Tickets are $20
Contact Information
Buy tickets at www.repertoryoperacompany.org. Contact us at (909) 230-4949.
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Description
Passion at its Operatic Best!
Cavalleria Rusticana is a drama of swift action and intense emotion; of passion, betrayal, and retribution set in a harsh Sicilian village. The hot blood of the story courses through the powerful music of Mascagni, whose quieter passages make the cries of passion all the more poignant.
This opera includes arias and scenes made familiar through the films The Godfather Part III, Raging Bull and The Untouchables.
Continuing ROC’s “Grand Operas in Concert” series.
Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry) is Mascagni's most famous opera and is part of today’s mainstream opera repertoire. It made 26 years old Mascagni instantly world-famous in 1890 when it won the opera contest of music publisher Sonzogno in Italy. “Cav” launched the so-called verismo movement in opera and inspired such works as Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci. The libretto, based on a short story by famed Sicilian writer Giovanni Verga, tells of the story a young Sicilian man, Turiddu, who is unfaithful to his fiancée Santuzza, because he is in love with his ex-girlfriend, the now married Lola. When Santuzza discovers Turiddu’s infidelity, she reveals it out of spite to Lola’s husband, Alfio, who provokes a duel with Turiddu and kills him.
