Pietro Mascagni's father forbade him to study music, intending instead that he become a lawyer. Pietro took lessons secretly and had a productive and interesting life in music and politics, but spent his last years in poverty. The orchestra will perform his Itermezzo from Cavalieria Rusticana. Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, written after Tchaikovsky fell in love with, became engaged to and was jilted by a French singer. Opinions differ on the effect this had on his treatment of the Shakespeare tragedy.
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