[mascagni-interest] Zandonai: Mascagni's "Student"

[Erik Bruchez]

Dear list,

I posted a new article: "Zandonai: Mascagni's 'Student'", by Konrad
Dryden. The article tackles the relationship between Mascagni and
Riccardo Zandonai:
  http://www.mascagni.org/articles/dryden-200402

Zandonai is the composer of the superb "Francesca da Rimini". I
highly recommend this opera, in particular the DVD of the MET
production which features Renata Scotto and Placido Domingo, as well
as the live version sung by Magda Olivero and Mario Del Monaco.
The libretto of Francesca was also written by Gabriele D'Annunzio, the
librettist of Mascagni's Parisina. Note, by the way, what Zandonai
thought of Parisina (see the article). It never ceases to amaze me to
consider how misunderstood Mascagni's art was, in particular when it
comes to such a masterpiece as Parisina!
-Erik

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