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composed by Pietro Mascagni
conductor Carlo Sabajno
tracks a to e, g to t orchestra Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala
Record Company Victor Talking Machine Co.
FRANCESCA RUSSO ERMOLLI
The mezzo-soprano Francesca Russo Ermolli was born in Naples and studied piano, singing and French language and literature. She made her operatic début at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo in Provenzale’s La colomba ferita and the same composer’s Lo schiavo di sua moglie. She has appeared in major opera-houses throughout Italy in a repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to Roberto Di Simone’s Lo vommaro a duello at the Naples Theatre Festival. Her engagements have included appearances in works by Paisiello, Traetta, Leo, Vivaldi, Jommelli and Alessandro Scarlatti, in addition to principal rôles in operas by Mozart and by Rossini.
Also with: Tuminello and Ravelli

Title: Cavalleria Rusticana

Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on 17 May 1890 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. In July 1888 the Milanese music publisher Edoardo Sonzogno announced a competition open to all young Italian composers who had not yet had an opera performed on stage. They were invited to submit a one-act opera which would be judged by a jury of five prominent Italian critics and composers. The best three would be staged in Rome at Sonzogno's expense.

Playing order:
35680 (No. 1, 2 - A, B), 35681 (No. 3, 4 - C, D), 35686-A (No. 5 - E), 18549-A (No. 6 - I), 35686-B (No. 7 - F), 35685 (No. 8, 9 - G, H), 18549-B (No. 10 - J), 18558-A (No. 11 - K), 35687 (No. 12, 13 - M, N), 18558-B (No. 14 - L), 18557 (No. 15, 16 - O, P), 35688 (No. 17, 18 - Q, R), 35689 (No. 19, 20 - S, T)

Late batwing variant:
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Matrix / Runout: 35681A♔ 3017c (Side C runout)
Matrix / Runout: 35681B♔ 3018c (Side D runout)
Matrix / Runout: 35687A♔ 3016c (Side M runout)
Matrix / Runout: 35687B♔ 3015c (Side N runout)