The drama of love and longing often can only be conveyed through the extravagance of opera, and the University of Iowa’s production of “L’amico Fritz” by Pietro Mascagni brought the lives of ...

L’amico Fritz (1891) is the second opera of composer Pietro Mascagni. He had burst onto the operatic scene the year before with Cavalleria rusticana, the one-act opera which many consider to be the ...

In 1890, Italian composer Pietro Mascagni turned the opera world on its head with Cavalleria Rusticana, a one-act opera so violently frenetic and emotionally overstated that critics had to develop a ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Winter Opera St. Louis founder and soprano Gina Galati. Handout photo Winter Opera St. Louis will offer a tuneful comic rarity, ...

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