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Cavalleria Rusticana

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

A simultaneous broadcast with BBC1
Melodrama in one act
Libretto by GIOVANNI TARGIONI-TOZETTI and GUIDO MENASCI , after a story by GIOVANNI VERGA Music by Maseagni (sung in Italian)
This celebrated tale of passion and violence takes place in a Sicilian village on Easter Day, when the Rustic Code of Honour of the title is meted out in full!
Villagers, peasants, children, carabinieri
Children from Edith Cavell School. Hammersmith County School for Girls, and Sussex House Preparatory School ROYAL OPERA CHORUS Chorus-Master ROBIN STAPLETON
ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE conducted by ROBIN STAPLETON See also page 52

Contributors

Unknown:
Giovanni Targioni-Tozetti
Unknown:
Guido Menasci
Story By:
Giovanni Verga
Chorus-Master:
Robin Stapleton
Conducted By:
Robin Stapleton
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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