An album of dramatic and passionate Preludes and Intermezzos from some of the most popular Italian operas, from Domingo Hindoyan and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Translations of works by early French and Russian realists, Stendahl, Pushkin and Balzac among them, crossed international borders to inspire new homegrown styles of literary realism. The trend took hold in Italy in the 1870s where it was promoted by the authors Luigi Capuana and Giovanni Verga under the banner of verismo, the Italian word for realism, and drew inspiration from the naturalism of Ã‰mile Zola and his disciples. Verga's short story Cavalleria rusticana ('Rustic chivalry') and the play that arose from it set the foundations for a new wave of Italian operas, with Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana serving as the genre's enduring model.

Tracklist:

Ponchielli: La Gioconda, Act III: Dance of the Hours
Puccini: Manon Lescaut, Act III: Intermezzo
Mascagni: L'amico Fritz: Intermezzo
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Puccini: Le Villi, Act II: The Witches' Sabbath "La Tregenda"
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci: Intermezzo
Wolf-Ferrari: Il Segreto Di Susanna Overture
Puccini: Suor Angelica - Intermezzo
Puccini: Edgar, Act III: Prelude
Mascagni: Le Maschere: Sinfonia
Wolf-Ferrari: The Jewels of the Madonna
Intermezzo No. 1
Serenata
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur: Intermezzo
Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act II: Prelude

UPC: 880040424222
Label: Onyx Classics
Release Date: 10.27.23
Format: CD

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Verismo (CD)