CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA PAGLIACCI
Adapted from the short story written by Giovanni Verga, CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA PAGLIACCI is a one-act opera considered one of the classics of verismo opera. Inspired by the success of Pietro Mascagni's CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Ruggero Leoncavallo decided to compose a verismo opera based on the true events of an 1865 murder.