Thursday, December 7, 2023

December 7 - Pietro Mascagni (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

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

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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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