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"Muti’s forces provided all the passion imaginable, yet never descended into sensation or vulgarity. One basked in the idiomatic italianata of it all. This was the most beautiful orchestral performance in memory of Mascagni’s seminal score". (Opera News)
"CSO, Riccardo Muti, soloists triumph. An utterly superlative offering in every way". (Chicago Sun-Times)
"Riccardo Muti lights the fuse to music that is already on fire". (Corriere della Sera)
"A performance for the ages". (Chicago on the Aisle)
Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus and a cast of outstanding soloists in Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana. As an opera, Cavalleria rusticana is one of the most enduring works for the stage, and its extraordinary popularity has never waned. This exquisite concert performance from February 2020 vividly captures the unforgettable cut of its melodies, the intoxicating colors of its Sicilian atmosphere and the urgent, heart-racing pace of its drama, which has few equals in the repertoire.
The entire ensemble, featuring the notable portrayal of Santuzza by mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, captures all the emotion and nuance of Mascagni’s opera as it hurtles toward its inevitable catastrophe — the celebrated Intermezzo offering the only moment of respite.
In the early part of its history, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was in the pit for an astonishing number of operas, including nearly 50 performances of Cavalleria rusticana. The orchestra’s founding music director, Theodore Thomas, conducted the Intermezzo on the second program the orchestra ever played on Oct. 19, 1891. Riccardo Muti, world-renowned for his superlative interpretations of Italian operas, reunites the orchestral prowess of the CSO with the work — which it had not performed in its entirety since 1931 — in this definitive 21st-century performance certain to stand the test of time. © CSO Resound
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Cavalleria Rusticana (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria rusticana, Scene 1 (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Piero Pretti, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria Rusticana (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria rusticana, Scene 1 (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Artist, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria rusticana, Scene 2 (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Anita Rachvelishvili, Artist, MainArtist - Ronnita Miller, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria rusticana, Scene 3 (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Luca Salsi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Luca Salsi, Artist, MainArtist - Anita Rachvelishvili, Artist, MainArtist - Ronnita Miller, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Artist, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Anita Rachvelishvili, Artist, MainArtist - Ronnita Miller, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria rusticana, Scene 4 (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Anita Rachvelishvili, Artist, MainArtist - Ronnita Miller, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria rusticana, Scene 5 (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Piero Pretti, Artist, MainArtist - Anita Rachvelishvili, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Sasha Cooke, Artist, MainArtist - Piero Pretti, Artist, MainArtist - Anita Rachvelishvili, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria rusticana, Scene 6 (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Piero Pretti, Artist, MainArtist - Anita Rachvelishvili, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria rusticana, Scene 7 (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Piero Pretti, Artist, MainArtist - Anita Rachvelishvili, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria rusticana, Scene 8 (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Luca Salsi, Artist, MainArtist - Anita Rachvelishvili, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria Rusticana (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria rusticana, Scene 9 (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Sasha Cooke, Artist, MainArtist - Piero Pretti, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Sasha Cooke, Artist, MainArtist - Piero Pretti, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria rusticana, Scene 10 (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Sasha Cooke, Artist, MainArtist - Luca Salsi, Artist, MainArtist - Piero Pretti, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Cavalleria rusticana, Scene 11 (Pietro Mascagni)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pietro Mascagni, Composer - Riccardo Muti, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Lyricist - Guido Menasci, Lyricist - Piero Pretti, Artist, MainArtist - Alessandra Visconti, Artist, MainArtist - Anita Rachvelishvili, Artist, MainArtist - Ronnita Miller, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
Album review
"Muti’s forces provided all the passion imaginable, yet never descended into sensation or vulgarity. One basked in the idiomatic italianata of it all. This was the most beautiful orchestral performance in memory of Mascagni’s seminal score". (Opera News)
"CSO, Riccardo Muti, soloists triumph. An utterly superlative offering in every way". (Chicago Sun-Times)
"Riccardo Muti lights the fuse to music that is already on fire". (Corriere della Sera)
"A performance for the ages". (Chicago on the Aisle)
Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus and a cast of outstanding soloists in Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana. As an opera, Cavalleria rusticana is one of the most enduring works for the stage, and its extraordinary popularity has never waned. This exquisite concert performance from February 2020 vividly captures the unforgettable cut of its melodies, the intoxicating colors of its Sicilian atmosphere and the urgent, heart-racing pace of its drama, which has few equals in the repertoire.
The entire ensemble, featuring the notable portrayal of Santuzza by mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, captures all the emotion and nuance of Mascagni’s opera as it hurtles toward its inevitable catastrophe — the celebrated Intermezzo offering the only moment of respite.
In the early part of its history, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was in the pit for an astonishing number of operas, including nearly 50 performances of Cavalleria rusticana. The orchestra’s founding music director, Theodore Thomas, conducted the Intermezzo on the second program the orchestra ever played on Oct. 19, 1891. Riccardo Muti, world-renowned for his superlative interpretations of Italian operas, reunites the orchestral prowess of the CSO with the work — which it had not performed in its entirety since 1931 — in this definitive 21st-century performance certain to stand the test of time. © CSO Resound
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:43
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Riccardo Muti
- Composer: Pietro Mascagni
- Label: CSO Resound
- Genre: Classical Opera
(C) 2022 CSO Resound (P) 2022 CSO Resound
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