Rustic Chivalry Composer Pietro Mascagni Librettists Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci Based On the story of Cavalleria Rusticana by Giovanni Verga Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1932 Language Italian Creative/Crew Conductor Gaetano Merola Stage Director(s) Armando Agnini Cast Santuzza, a village girl Claudia Muzio Lola, wife of Alfio Eva Gruninger Turiddu, a young soldier Mario Chamlee Alfio, a teamster Alfredo Gandolfi Lucia, mother of Turiddu Leila Gambi Show Dates Sat, Oct 22 1932, 8pm Time and Place Square in a Sicilian village; present time Scenes Act I -- Sicilian village; present time Media Image Cavalleria Rusticana, Pietro Mascagni. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Santuzza) Credit Morton Image Cavalleria Rusticana, Pietro Mascagni. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Mario Chamlee (Turiddu) Credit Morton Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1932_01_compressed.pdf (3.29 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Part I of a double bill, with "Pagliacci"
Image Cavalleria Rusticana, Pietro Mascagni. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Claudia Muzio (Santuzza) Credit Morton
Image Cavalleria Rusticana, Pietro Mascagni. San Francisco Opera, 1932. Photographer: Lawrence B. Morton/San Francisco Opera. Mario Chamlee (Turiddu) Credit Morton