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Title:

Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana [videorecording] / a film by Franco Zeffirelli ; libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci after Giovanni Verga ; a production of Unitel Film- und Fernseh-produktionsgesellschaftmbH & Co. and Aries Film Production. Pagliacci / a film by Franco Zeffirelli ; text and music by Ruggero Leoncavallo ; a production of Unitel Film- und Fernseh-produktionsgesellschaftmbH & Co. and Aries Film Production.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Deutsche Grammophon,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

1 videodisc (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Operas.

Other Authors:

Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945. Cavalleria rusticana.
Zeffirelli, Franco.
Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni, 1863-1934.
Menasci, Guido.
Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919. Pagliacci.
Obrazt͡sova, Elena.
Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
Barbieri, Fedora.
Bruson, Renato.
Gall, Axelle.
Stratas, Teresa.
Pons, Juan.
Andreolli, Florindo.
Rinaldi, Alberto, 1939-
Pistone, Alfredo.
Manto, Ivan del.
Prêtre, Georges.
Gandolfi, Romano.
Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH.
Aries Films.
Teatro alla Scala.
Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)

Other Titles:

Cavalleria rusticana.
Pagliacci.

Notes:

Durations: 70 min.; 71 min. Program notes by Kenneth Chalmers in English (11 p. : ports.) inserted in container. Cavalleria rusticana: Elena Obraztsova (Santuzza) ; Plácido Domingo (Turiddu) ; Fedora Barbieri (Lucia) ; Renato Bruson (Alfio) ; Axelle Gall (Lola) ; Orchestra E Coro del Teatro alla Scala ; Georges Prêtre, conductor ; chorus master, Romano Gandolfi. Pagliacci: Plácido Domingo (Canio) ; Teresa Stratas (Nedda) ; Juan Pons (Tonio) ; Florindo Andreolli (Peppe) ; Alberto Rinaldi (Silvio) ; Alfredo Pistone (un contadino) ; Ivan del Manto (un altro contadino) ; Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala ; Georges Prêtre, conductor ; chorus master, Romano Gandolfi. Filmed Feb. 1981, La Scala and Studio Cologno Monzese, Milan, and Apr. 1981 on location in Vizzini, Sicily; sound recorded Feb. 1981, La Scala, Milan.

Summary:

In Cavalleria rusticana, Santuzza, pregnant by Turiddu, is distraught when she finds he has deserted her in favor of the attractive young Lola. A melodrama in one act.
In Pagliacci, A traveling troupe of entertainers, Canio, his wife Nedda, Peppe and Tonio, arrive in the village for an evening performance. Nedda and her lover, Silvio a young lad from the village, plan to leave together that night. Tonio overhears the plot and tells Canio. A drama in two acts.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60748522

Locations:

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)