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Cavalleria Rusticana In Concert
May 25m, 30, 2008
Act I: Orchestral Selections from Italian Masters
The WNO Orchestra performs works by master Italian composers.
Act II: Cavalleria Rusticana
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci
Set in a Sicilian village, this melodramatic tale of "rustic chivalry" follows the fickle and passionate love triangle between Turiddu, who loves Lola; Santuzza, who loves Turiddu, the father of her child; and Alfio, the all-too-trusting husband of Lola. Mascagni's music takes us through the emotional heights and depths of this tragic love story.
"Force of nature" mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick makes her company debut as she joins Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra (Andrea Chénier, Tosca), American baritone Gordon Hawkins (Porgy and Bess, Das Rheingold) and the Washington National Opera Orchestra and Chorus in a concert version of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana.
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