Cavalleria rusticana (short story)
Short story by Giovanni Verga / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Cavalleria rusticana" (Italian for 'Rustic Chivalry') is a short story by the Sicilian Giovanni Verga, published in a collection entitled Novelle rusticane in 1883 and presented in dramatic form as a one-act tragedy at Turin in 1884. Pietro Mascagni made this prose play the basis of the verse-libretto of his one-act opera, Cavalleria rusticana (1890).[1]
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Short story by Giovanni Verga | |
Language | Italian |
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Published in | Novelle rusticane |
Publication date | 1883 |
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Date premiered | 1884 |
Place premiered | Turin |
Original language | Italian |
Genre | Tragedy |
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