Many of Composer Pietro Mascagni’s loud and pessimistic utterings seem prompted by a great personal grievance based on the failure of all his operas since Cavalleria in Rusticana. But his ...

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The Italian tourism website Travel365.it has ... as the best lyrical theatre in the world, within a list of famous opera houses, is the product of the talent and daily effort of artists and ...