Organization

Conductor

Daye Lin

Stage director

Lo Kingman

Assistant Director

Leung Siu Kwan

Tenor

Chi Liming

Turiddu

Baritone

Yang Xiaoyong

Alfio

Mezzo-soprano

Jia Wenxuan

Lola

Musica Viva Singers

Italian

Cavalleria rusticana -  (Rustic Chivalry)

Hong Kong

China

Public

Rustic Chivalry

Approved

Cavalleria rusticana Mascagni

Between 1888 and 1902, Sonzogno organized four competitions calling for original one-act Italian operas. Puccini had unsuccessfully submitted Le villi for the first competition. Mascagni’s opera was awarded the first prize in 1890. With the success of Cavalleria rusticana, Sonzogno was quick to seize the opportunity and continue his campaign by encouraging young composers to emulate Mascagni. Owing to the predominance of contemporary characters and references to the bottom rungs of the social ladder in these works, the term verismo (borrowed from Italian literature) became the banner and emblem of Casa Sonzogno. On the other hand, the 3000 lire cash prize was almost irresistible to any young composer determined to try his hands on opera. As a result, the decade of 1890s witnessed a flourish of new Italian operas, depicted with deliberate awareness of reality.

English

Rustic Chivalry by Mascagni, Fri 27 Jun 2014, From (2014/2014), Directed by Lo Kingman,, Conductor Daye Lin

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