Cavalleria Rusticana (Preludio, in dialetto siciliano)

Pietro Mascagni
Copyright 1997 by Midi Opera Co. & REC Music Foundation

Pietro Mascagni (1864-1945)
Music sequence and primary shaping by Robert Steinberg
Word presentation, translation and supplimental shaping by Robert Ellis Crawford
Sicilian dialect provided by Vincenzo Palleschi

O Lola ch'ai di latti la cammisa
si bianca e russa comu la cirasa,
quannu t'affacci fai la vucca a risu,
biato cui ti dà lu primu vasu!
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu è sparsu,
e nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
e s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu!
e s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu!
Ah, Ah! Ah, Ah

RUSTIC.CHIVALRY
Easter.morning.in.a.rural.village.in.Sicily
This.prelude.can.either.be.played.with.the.curtain.down
or.there.might.be.scenes.or.women.drawing.water.etc.
It.is.important.that.a.sense.of.timelessness.be.felt,
that.has.produced.ironclad.codes.of.social.conduct;
This.is.symbolized.by.the.standard.black.dress.of
all.but.the.youngest.women!
The.action.proper.starts.after.this.prelude
with.the.music.proclaiming.the.holiday!
The.scene.is.the.main.piazza.of.the.town
at.the.Cathedral.entrance.which.dominates.all!
OFFSTAGE.VOICE.(tenor).OF.TURIDDU:
O.Lola,.white.like.a.flower.of.the.meadow,
Your.cheeks.hold.the.hue.of.the.cherry.blossom!

When.your.eyes.blaze.my.soul.burns!
Thanks.to.God.for.beauty.incomparable!
The.blood.rises.at.your.threshold;
I.may.willingly.perish.at.that.door,
But.should.I.find.myself.before.paradise
I.would.not.enter.if.not.greeted.by.your.two.eyes!
But.should.I.find.myself.before.paradise
I.would.not.enter.if.not.greeted.by.your.two.eyes!
Ah!
This.theme.is.from.climactic.duet.of.the.Opera

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Cavalleria Rusticana (1890)
Pietro Mascagni (1864-1945)
Soft Karaoke
Words
English
Italian
StrEnsmbl 2
StrEnsmbl 1
TremloStrings
PRELUDE to:
Cavalleria Rusticana
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
©1997 MidiOpera Co.
Vocal
French Horn
Percussion
BrassSection
Orchst Harp

L'istesso tempo
Andante
TEMPO 1o
Allegro
Andte. un poco di moto