traditional musical structures. In some cases, he chooses to use "classical" closed forms. The most notable examples are Santuzza’s aria, a romance in three parts, and the central duet between Santuzza and Turiddu, which Mascagni structures like a rondo with interruptions, with each recurrence of the theme becoming more intense. Just as the characters are trapped in the burdensome conventions of the village, they are now trapped in the old-fashioned rondo, which burdens them. Through the combination of these elements, Mascagni indeed created a new type of opera and presented a work on stage that was different from those that came before it. Cavalleria Rusticana, even if it is not a "pure" verismo opera with all its typical features, is certainly a turning point in all of Italian opera. Eran Margalit
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