Canon
Where to start with Mascagni
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
StageCavalleria rusticana — Opera
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VocalAlla gioia, cantata
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OrchestralDanza esotica
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KeyboardLa prima bagnante, for piano
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StageL'amico Fritz
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VocalAve Maria, for voice and orchestra
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StageGuglielmo Ratcliff
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StageI Rantzau — Opera
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StageIris — Opera
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StageIsabeau
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OrchestralL'apoteosi della cicogna, for orchestra
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VocalLa tua stella
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StageLe maschere
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StageLodoletta — Opera
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OrchestralMein erster Walzer, for orchestra
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Mascagni's catalogueMost Popular
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Cavalleria Rusticana (opera)
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Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
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Iris (opera)
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Il piccolo Marat (opera)
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L’amico Fritz — Cherry Duet
Most Acclaimed
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Cavalleria Rusticana
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Iris
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Guglielmo Ratcliffafter Heinrich Heine — his most ambitious opera
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L’amico Fritz
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Lodoletta
Most Weird
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Irisverismo opera set in Japan — a young woman is trafficked into a brothel; very dark subject matter
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Le maschereopera that premiered simultaneously in 7 different Italian cities on the same night — all but one production failed
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Guglielmo Ratcliffhis most unusual opera — written over 10 years; completed after Cavalleria made him famous
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Lodolettaopera based on Ouida’s novel — the heroine dies in the snow
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Silvanoverismo — love triangle, murder; almost never performed
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 30
- Stage
- ● Cavalleria rusticana — Opera
- L'amico Fritz
- Guglielmo Ratcliff
- I Rantzau — Opera
- Iris — Opera
- Isabeau
- Le maschere
- Lodoletta — Opera
- Silvano
- Vocal
- Alla gioia, cantata
- Ave Maria, for voice and orchestra
- La tua stella
- Padre nostro, song for tenor and orchestra
- Pena d'amore
- Rosa
- Sancta Maria
- Serenata
- Orchestral
- Danza esotica
- L'apoteosi della cicogna, for orchestra
- Mein erster Walzer, for orchestra
- The Eternal City, for orchestra
- Keyboard
- La prima bagnante, for piano
- New World Processional, for piano
- Novellina, for piano
- Sinfonia in F major, for piano
- Sulle rive di Chiaia, for piano
- Sunt lacrymae rerum!, for piano
- Tema di andante, for piano
- Tomina, for piano
- Un pensiero a San Francisco, for piano