Cavalleria Rusticana (“Rustic Chivalry”), is an opera in one act composed by Pietro Mascagni to a libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, and was the first opera to draw on the verismo literary movement. After winning the Sonzogno Publisher Prize for the best opera of 1890, Mascagni rose to international acclaim and still today his opera is a fixed part of many opera companies’ repertoires.
Cavalleria Rusticana contains one of the single most attractive tunes in operatic history, the Intermezzo, which is a short piece played solely by the orchestra that was used by the composer to denote the passage of time. The main theme is a simple hymn-like melody from an earlier scene and foreshadows the coming tragedy at the end of the opera. We hope you enjoy our performance of this iconic work!

Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
by Pietro Mascagni
arranger, Master Sgt. Luke Wedge

Air Force Strings from The U.S. Air Force Band

Credits
Colonel Don Schofield - Executive Producer
Senior Master Sgt. Emily Wellington - Producer
Senior Master Sgt. Chad Randolph - Production Manager
Technical Sgt. Victor Holmes - Editor
Control Video
Hugo Creative
Justin Lang Design - Lighting
Technical Sgt. Jim Woolf - Recording/Mixing Engineer
Technical Sgt. Pedro Rodríguez-Ramírez - Recording/Monitor Engineer
Senior Master Sgt. Jim DeVaughn - Assistant Recording Engineer
Master Sgt. Josh Voyles - Monitor Engineer
Master Sgt. (ret.) Mark Hannah - RF Engineer

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