Italian realism

Genre: Television

Year Published: 1955

Creator: Jan Popper University of California Extension Marc Snegoff Oscar Patterson James Connell Richard Tumin William Shull William Jordan

Format: 16mm

Description: Discusses and explains Italian realistic opera and its major composers and their works. Gives a broad overview of the works of Puccini, illustrating with piano and voice, portions of La Boheme and Madame Butterfly. Points out that Italian realism began in 1890 when Mascagni completed his one-act opera, Cavalleria Rusticana. (Univ. Calif. Ext.) Film.


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