Pietro Mascagni

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  • Born: 7 December 1863, Livorno, Italy
  • Died: 2 August 1945, Rome, Italy

Overview

One of the big post-Verdian composers in Italy.  Best known for Cavalleria rusticana (“Cav”), often performed as a double bill with Leoncavallo‘s Pagliacci (“Pag”), but his other works are innovative and underperformed.

Works

  1. Cavalleria rusticana (1890) ****
  2. L’amico Fritz (1891)
  3. I Rantzau (1892)
  4. Guglielmo Ratcliff (1895)
  5. Silvano (1895)
  6. Zanetto (1896)
  7. Iris (1898)
  8. Le maschere (1901)
  9. Amica (1905)
  10. Isabeau (1911) ***
  11. Parisina (1913)
  12. Lodoletta (1917)
  13. Il piccolo Marat (1921)
  14. Pinotta (1932)
  15. Nerone (1935)