Previous posts for December 7th are here: Pietro Mascagni; Rudolf Friml (2019), Louis Prima; Ernst Toch (2020), Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz; Bent Fabric (2021), and Daniel Chorzempa (2022)
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Pietro Mascagni (7 December 1863 – 2 August 1945) was an Italian opera composer.
Mamma Mia!
His 1890 masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. -- Wikipedia
(1)
Mascagni, with Cavalleria
Gave proof that a one-act could be a
Success if the story
Was tragic and gory
With a lurid dramatic idea.
(2)
The public was eager to see a
Shocker called Cavalleria;
Which though a one-actor
Became the main factor
That Mascagni achieved his fame via.
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