Pietro Mascagni
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Pietro Mascagni , 1863-1945, Italian operatic composer. He is known for his opera Cavalleria rusticana (1890), based on the tale by Giovanni Verga; it is a classic example of the style of realism known as verismo. His other operas were less successful.
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