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==Life==
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Pietro Mascagni was an Italian composer, most noted for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece, Cavalleria rusticana, caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and singlehandedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. However, though it has been stated that Mascagni, like Leoncavallo, was a "one-opera man" who could never repeat his first success, this is inaccurate. L'amico Fritz and Iris have been popular in Europe since their respective premieres; in fact, Mascagni himself claimed that at one point Iris was performed in Italy more often than Cavalleria (cf. Stivender). It is certainly a better vehicle for a popular lyric soprano.
Pietro Mascagni was an Italian composer most noted for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece, ''Cavalleria rusticana'', caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and singlehandedly ushered in the ''Verismo'' movement in Italian dramatic music. However, though it has been stated that Mascagni, like Leoncavallo, was a "one-opera man" who could never repeat his first success, this is inaccurate. ''L'amico Fritz'' and ''Iris'' have been popular in Europe since their respective premieres. In fact, Mascagni himself claimed that at one point Iris was performed in Italy more often than ''Cavalleria'' (cf. Stivender). It is certainly a better vehicle for a popular lyric soprano.


Mascagni wrote a total of fifteen operas, plus an operetta, several orchestral and vocal works, as well as songs and piano music. He enjoyed immense success during his lifetime, both as a composer and conductor of his own and other people's music. If he never repeated the international success of Cavalleria, it was probably because Mascagni refused to copy himself. The variety of styles in his operas—the Sicilian passion and warmth of Cavalleria, the exotic flavor of Iris, the idyllic breeze that ventilates the charming L'amico Fritz and Lodoletta, the Gallic chiaroscuro of Isabeau, the steely, Veristic power of Il piccolo Marat, the overripe postromanticism of the lush Parisina—demonstrate a versatility that none of the other Veristi could boast, Puccini included.
Mascagni wrote a total of seventeen operas and operetta, several orchestral and vocal works, as well as songs and piano music. He enjoyed immense success during his lifetime, both as a composer and conductor of his own and other people's music. If he never repeated the international success of ''Cavalleria'', it was probably because Mascagni refused to copy himself. The variety of styles in his operas — the Sicilian passion and warmth of ''Cavalleria'', the exotic flavor of ''Iris'', the idyllic breeze that ventilates the charming ''L'amico Fritz'' and ''Lodoletta'', the Gallic chiaroscuro of ''Isabeau'', the steely, Veristic power of ''Il piccolo Marat'', the overripe postromanticism of the lush ''Parisina'' — demonstrate a versatility that surpasses even that of [[Puccini]].


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==List of choral works==
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Life

Born: 7 December 1863

Died: 2 August 1945

Biography

Pietro Mascagni was an Italian composer most noted for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece, Cavalleria rusticana, caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and singlehandedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. However, though it has been stated that Mascagni, like Leoncavallo, was a "one-opera man" who could never repeat his first success, this is inaccurate. L'amico Fritz and Iris have been popular in Europe since their respective premieres. In fact, Mascagni himself claimed that at one point Iris was performed in Italy more often than Cavalleria (cf. Stivender). It is certainly a better vehicle for a popular lyric soprano.

Mascagni wrote a total of seventeen operas and operetta, several orchestral and vocal works, as well as songs and piano music. He enjoyed immense success during his lifetime, both as a composer and conductor of his own and other people's music. If he never repeated the international success of Cavalleria, it was probably because Mascagni refused to copy himself. The variety of styles in his operas — the Sicilian passion and warmth of Cavalleria, the exotic flavor of Iris, the idyllic breeze that ventilates the charming L'amico Fritz and Lodoletta, the Gallic chiaroscuro of Isabeau, the steely, Veristic power of Il piccolo Marat, the overripe postromanticism of the lush Parisina — demonstrate a versatility that surpasses even that of Puccini.

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  • Operas
Cavalleria rusticana (17 May 1890 Teatro Costanzi, Rome) - libretto, libretto
L'amico Fritz (31 October 1891 Teatro Costanzi, Rome) - libretto
I Rantzau (10 November 1892 Teatro La Pergola, Florence)
Guglielmo Ratcliff (16 February 1895 Teatro alla Scala, Milan), composed between 1885 and the early 1890s - libretto
Silvano (25 March 1895 Teatro alla Scala, Milan)
Zanetto (2 March 1896 Liceo Musicale, Pesaro) - libretto
Iris (22 November 1898 Teatro Costanzi, Rome) - libretto
Le maschere (17 January 1901 Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa - Teatro Regio, Turin - Teatro alla Scala, Milan - Teatro La Fenice, Venice - Teatro Filarmonico, Verona - Teatro Costanzi, Rome)
Amica (16 March 1905, Monte Carlo) - Italian libretto
Isabeau (2 June 1911 Teatro Coliseo, Buenos Aires)
Parisina (15 December 1913 Teatro alla Scala, Milan) - libretto
Lodoletta (30 April 1917 Teatro Costanzi, Rome) - libretto
Il piccolo Marat (2 May 1921 Teatro Costanzi, Rome)
Pinotta (23 March 1932 Casinò, San Remo), adapted from the cantata In filanda (1881)
Nerone (16 January 1935 Teatro alla Scala, Milan), with music written between the 1890s and the 1930s
  • Operettas
Sì (13 December 1919 Teatro Quirino, Rome)
  • Sacred music
Messa di Gloria in F major for soloists, chorus and orchestra

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