Renato Cellini: Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana (Milanov, Björling, Merrill)

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) Cavalleria Rusticana

 Pietro Mascagni

The action takes place in a Sicilian village on an Easter day in the latter part of the 19th century.



Santuzza, a village girl - Zinka Kunc Milanov, soprano
Turiddu, a young soldier - Jussi Björling, tenor
Alfio, the village carter - Robert Merrill, baritone
Lola, his wife - Carol Smith, contralto
Mamma Lucia, Turiddu's mother - Margaret Roggero,
mezzo-soprano

Robert Shaw Chorale
RCA Victor Orchestra (1953)

Robert Shaw Chorale

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