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' CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA '

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(' Rustic chivalry ')
An opera composed by Pietro Mascagni .
English words by Frederick E. Weatherly , adapted for broadcasting
Scene : A square in a village in Sicily on an Easter Sunday about fifty years ago
BBC Theatre Chorus
Trained by Charles Groves
BBC Theatre Orchestra
Leader, Tate Gilder
Conductor, Stanford Robinson

Contributors

Composed By:
Pietro Mascagni
Unknown:
Frederick E. Weatherly
Leader:
Tate Gilder
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Narrator:
Dennis Arundell
Santuzza, a young peasant girl in love with Turiddu........:
Eva Turner
Turiddu, a young peasant in love with Lola................:
Henry Wendon
Lucia, Turiddu's mother:
Gladys Palmer
Alfio, the village carrier:
Ernst Urbach
Lola, Alnos wife:
Nora Gruhn
Source: Radio Times

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