Mascagni’s ‘Cavalleria rusticana’ - Out Sept. 16 on CSO Resound.

Riccardo Muti conducts Mascagni’s "Cavalleria rusticana".

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The next release on the CSO Resound label will be the opera Cavalleria Rusticana, recorded live with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Riccardo Muti, and an international cast of vocal soloists. 

The recording, which will be released Sept. 16 in digital formats, is available now for pre-order at online retail outlets, including symphonystore.com. A physical release is scheduled for later this year at retailers worldwide. Muti's 11th recording with the CSO as its music director, the recording also marks the first CSO Resound release in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, an immersive sound format. 

Written by 19th-century Italian composer Pietro Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana is one of the most famous examples of verismo opera. The CSO Resound release captures February 2020 performances in Orchestra Hall, with acclaimed soloists such as tenor Piero Pretti, in his CSO debut, as Turiddu; mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, hailed by Muti as “the greatest mezzo-soprano of today,” as Santuzza; baritone Luca Salsi as Alfio; mezzo-soprano Ronnita Miller as Lucia, Alfio’s mother; mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke as Lola, Alfio’s wife, and Alessandra Visconti as a villager.

Source: https://cso.org/

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