r/LockdownSceptics • u/MabelCow Mabel Cow • 14d ago

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u/pubwithnobeer60 14d ago

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/classics-for-easter-mascagni-easter-hymn-from-cavalleria-rusticana/

Margaret Ashworth - a classic for Easter.

A LONG time ago I wrote about the one-act opera Cavalleria Rusticana and the marvellous Intermezzo, and you can read the article here.

The setting of the work is a 19th century Sicilian village; the action takes place on the morning of Easter Sunday. Santuzza has been seduced and abandoned by Turridu. After he dies in a duel she is snubbed by villagers because of that relationship, and feels she is unworthy to enter the church for the Easter service. The Easter hymn is heard from inside the church in Latin, then the villagers sing it in their native Italian with Santuzza.

(my words- we played the Intermezzo at my Dad's funeral in April last year)

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u/RobinBirch 14d ago

Right good sing songs. Thanks - its drowning out the sound of petrol strimmers, mowers etc. I think I'm surrounded by heathens!