Organization

Singer

Soprano

Erika Gál

Santuzza

Tenor

Adorján Pataki

Turiddu

Contralto

Veronika Dobi-Kiss

Lucia

Baritone

Zoltán Kelemen

Alfio

Mezzo-soprano

Viktória Mester

Lola

Hungarian State Opera

Hungarian

Easter with Mascagni (Messa di Gloria / Cavalleria Rusticana)

Budapest

Hungary

Hungarian State Opera House

Easter with Mascagni (Messa di Gloria / Cavalleria Rusticana): Cavalleria rusticana Mascagni

Public

Rustic Chivalry

English

Approved

Messa di Gloria
Those who have seen Mascagni’s famous one-act Cavalleria rusticana will never forget the Easter Hymn. The tragic story taking place at Easter is a perfect match for Messa di Gloria, which exudes the euphoria of resurrection, but which is above all a Southern Italian mass of innocent faith. It is also of no little relevance that Mascagni himself rehearsed and conducted his opera in Budapest, and as rumour has it, its success here ignited it like a rocket on its way to becoming a worldwide sensation.

Cavalleria rusticana
The world literally went crazy for this one-act by Pietro Mascagni when he burst onto the opera scene with his daring work that opened new boundaries for the genre, and which hundreds of others would attempt to imitate. Such was its success that he would never equal it in any of his later works. In one of the chief examples of verismo, Mascagni's protagonists are everyday people who fall victim to their own, unbridled passions.
Captivating and sensual music with gripping dramatic tension. Love, jealousy – and revenge.

Easter with Mascagni (Messa di Gloria / Cavalleria Rusticana) by Mascagni, From (2022/2022), Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest, Hungary

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