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ZANETTO
and
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Music by PIETRO MASCAGNI
Libretto by G. TARGIONI-TOZZETTI and G. MENASCI
English translation by WILLARD G. DAY
MASCAGNI GRAND OPERA
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CONTENTS
ZANETTO
CHARACTERS
| ZANETTO | Mezzo-Soprano | |
| SILVIA | Soprano |
PLOT OF THE OPERA
Silvia is the rich and beautiful hostess of a country hotel, who has been besieged by lovers of almost every description, she repulses them all, because although they may be well-to-do and even wealthy and powerful, they have not pleased her fancy or awakened her heart. At last she forswears love entirely, being convinced that her destiny is to remain single.
Still, she remembers a youth she once saw, and believes that he lives near by, in Florence, toward which city she idly looks out in the summer evening from the veranda of her hotel, placed on the side of a steep mountain.
As she looks she hears the voice of a roving minstrel who is approaching. She conceals herself. He comes near, and not venturing to enter the hotel, lies down to sleep on a bench. He is soon asleep; and Sil