Opera - Cavalleria Rusticana
PIETRO MASCAGNI
Cavalleria Rusticana
79:31
Country Manners, (1890-Rome)
Melodrama in one act by G. Targioni-Tozzetti and G Menasci
English translation by Edmund Tracey
1
Prelude -
2:40
Siciliana
2
Turiddu 'O Lola with your skin white as the lily' -
1:56
3
Prelude (conclusion) -
3:30
4
Chorus 'Ah! Ah!' -
2:46
5
'Spring has returned' -
5:29
Scena and Alfio's Song
6
Santuzza 'Tell me, mamma Lucia'
5:06
7
Alfio 'Horses champing at the bit'
2:54
Scena and Prayer
8
Lucia 'Good for you mister Alfio'
0:33
Easter Hymn
9
Alfio 'I must be going!'
7:41
Romance and Scena
10
Santuzza 'You know your son, Turiddu'
6:34
Scena
11
Turiddu 'What do you want Santuzza'
3:52
Lola's Song
12
Lola 'Sweet flow'rs I bring you'
3:55
13
Santuzza 'No, no, Turiddu'
5:56
14
Santuzza 'Oh! So my prayer has been answered'
3:58
15
Alfio 'I'd like to thank you'
2:05
16
Intermezzo
3:59
Scena Chorus and Brindisi
17
Chorus 'The service is over this Easter'
2:52
18
Turiddu 'Neighbours, with a glass I meet you'
2:33
Finale
19
Alfio 'All the blessings of Easter!'
2:25
20
Turiddu 'Alfio, listen'
2:45
21
Turiddu 'The wine is making me talk nonsense'
6:00
Dennis O'Neill tenor - Turiddu
Nelly Miricioiu soprano - Santuzza
Phillip Joll baritone - Alfio
Diana Montague soprano - Lola
Elizabeth Bainbridge contralto - Lucia
David Parry
3-5 August 1997