Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana
By: music by Pietro Mascagni ; libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci ; based on a play and short story by Giovanni Verga. Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci / music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Contributors: Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni, 1863-1934; Menasci, Guido; Berger, William, 1961-; Dyer, Richard (Music critic); Castel, Nico; Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919; Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919; Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Series: Metropolitan Opera presents; Metropolitan Opera presents
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
ISBN-13: 9781574674637
Subjects: Librettos; Operas
Other titles: Metropolitan Opera presents Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana; Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.; Verismo opera libretti.
Work titles: Cavalleria rusticana
Notes: "Each book [of the series] features the complete libretto; color image inserts from Met Opera productions ...; a Met Opera libretto 'In focus' feature; and an official Met Opera 'Program note' by a renowned opera expert"--Cover.

Originally published as part of: Verismo opera libretti, vol. 1. Geneseo, N.Y. : Leyerle, 2000.

"Notes" / by Nico Castel: pages 119-121.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Cavalleria rusticana. Synopsis ; In focus / by William Berger ; Cavalleria rusticana [libretto]; title: Pagliacci. Synopsis ; In focus / by William Berger ; Program note / by Richard Dyer ; Pagliacci [libretto].