THEand notes, the voices of the Rustic cavalry by Pietro Mascagni and the Venetian lagoon The spectators of Rai 5 awaits this evening at 9.15 pm. Rai Cultura proposes the magnificent concert in Piazza San Marco on 12 July, performed by the Phoenix Orchestra directed by Rico Saccani. The opera Taken from Giovanni Verga’s novel homonymoussuperb example of the green current, is proposed in symphonic form keeping the splendor and dramatic emphasis intact.
Rustic cavalry On Rai 5, the genesis and the plot of the work
The composer and conductor of the Livornese orchestra Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) stands out from the Italian music scene for a unique style and for the profound respect for other famous musicians of his time. Despite the paternal prohibitions, as a young man he chose to embark on his musical career, graduating from the musical institute of his city. The transfer to the Milan Conservatory was a rather difficult experience due to teaching methods, not suitable for its disposition.
For this reason, He abandoned his studies to continue his career as conductor in small companies Operetta. Despite the non -exhilarating experience, In the Milanese city he made friends with Giacomo Puccini, with which he divided an apartment as students and had the estimate of Amilcare Ponchielli (I Promessi Sposi). Thanks to the mayor of Cerignola, who proposed him to direct the philharmonic of the city, he found an ideal place to be able to compose, thus starting his lucky career.
In 1888 he enrolled in an opera competition and arrived among the first 3 with its first non -academic composition, Rustic cavalry. The friend wrote the friend Giovanni Targioni-Tottiprofessor of literature. The debut of 1890 at the Costanzi Theater in Rome was a real triumph.
The green work takes place in Sicilyin Vizzini, in the province of Catania and is A love story, betrayals and death.
“Cavalleria Rusticana” Piazza San Marco event (Michele Crosira/Fenice Press Theater)
Rustic cavalry: the musical interlude (also in the cinema)
In the early hours of Easter Sunday, the notes of a serenade dedicated to Lola, Alfio’s wife, the carter, are heard in the country. To commission this dedication of musical love is Turiddu. The young man was the promised bridegroom of Lola: After leaving for military service, the woman, tired of waiting for him, had chosen to marry the current husband. Back home Turiddu, by reaction, gets engaged to Santuzza although they have not fallen in love.
Months later, however, The two ancient lovers begin a clandestine relationship. Santuzza confides his suspicions to Lucia, the owner of the tavern, who tries to convince her that the betrayal never happened. Shortly thereafter the same arrives Turiddu That, Faced with the anger of the girlfriend, denies all charges.
To create even more disarray it thinks about it Lola: she presents herself in front of her singing a song dedicated to Turiddu And then he brings him to Mass. Santuzza, blinded by anger and from jealousy, rIvela in Alfio La Tresca And the man swears revenge. The two men challenge each other in a duelchoosing a white weapon. To diebetween the tears of the two women, it’s like Turiddu.
Together with the prelude The Sicilian,the interlude musical of Mascagni is the most time suggestive e loved of the whole work. A separation between the two parts of the single act that is placed in the period in which the religious ceremony takes place. Mascagni resumes fragments music of a previous one Ave Maria, Between violins and organ.
An evocative sound that has also conquered cinema. The interlude of Rustic cavalry It is present in the soundtrack of The godfather – Part III by Francis Ford Coppola and in many sequences of Torro unleashed by Martin Scorsese.
The director Rico Saccani and the cast of the concert
Rico Saccani He graduated in musical disciplines from the University of Michigan and then start a respectable professional career. After winning the prestigious “Herbert von Karajan” international competition in Berlin in 1984, the following year debuts directing A day of kingdom (Giuseppe Verdi) at the Philharmonic Theater in Verona.
He worked as guest director with orchestras from all over the world such as that of Radio Berlin, the Philharmonic of Oslo and Budapest. He was artistic director of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra From 1999 to 2006. Many collaborations in Italy with the San Carlo of Naples, The Arena of Verona, the Puccini Festival Torre del Lago and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
Although he worked with orchestras and theaters around the world, Rustic cavalry It is the first opportunity to direct the musicians and the Choir of the La Fenice Theater. The cast of the Verchian work is composed of real lyric star. The Ukrainian soprano Oksana Dyka It is the desperate and vindictive Santuzza alongside the Georgian Mikheil Sheshaberidze, who plays the misfortune Turiddu.
There is also room for great Italian talents Like Franco Vassalloin the role of the vindictive Alfio. The Milanese baritone boasts a vast repertoire in Verdi works (Nabucco, Rigoletto). Valeria Girardello It is the disturbing Lola. Mezzosoprano Graduated from the Venice Conservatory He specialized at the Milan Scala. Annunziata Vestri It is the maternal Lucia. Born in Ortona, this artist has an extended Vocality TDA Mezzosoprano and contralto.
Thanks to its actor skills, He was part of the cast of the musical film Cinderella by Carlo Verdone. The rereading of the Famous fairy tale featured by Gioacchino Rossiniperformed by the 64 elements of the Rai National Symphony Orchestra, made its debut in the cinema in 2014. The television direction of Rustic cavalry On Rai 5 is by Claudia De Toma.
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