by Pietro Mascagni, Stefka Evstatieva, Giacomo Aragall, Eduard Tumagian, Anna di Mauro, Alzbeta Michalkova · Naxos · CD · EAN 4891030600225
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«Cavalleria Rusticana» is Pietro Mascagni's opera in the recording conducted by Alexander Rahbari with the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, released by Naxos on CD.
Recording of the one-act verismo opera premiered in 1890, set in a Sicilian village on Easter morning. The cast is headed by Stefka Evstatieva as Santuzza and Giacomo Aragall as Turiddu, and includes famous moments such as the Intermezzo, the toast «Viva il vino spumeggiante» and «Voi lo sapete, o mamma». The libretto is based on the story of the same name by Giovanni Verga.
Album released in Naxos's Opera Classics collection, with the Slovak Philharmonic Choir and the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Recorded in Bratislava in April 1992.
