Cavalleria Rusticana (1959)

Directed by

Alan Burke

Country

Australia

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a television adaptation of Mascagni's opera about love and betrayal in a small Sicilian village. A woman waits for her lover to return home from military service while the community watches.

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What happens

Cavalleria Rusticana is a 1959 Australian television play, an adaptation of the opera by Pietro Mascagni. It was directed by Alan Burke. Music was provided by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Tintner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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