"Cavalleria+rusticana"
Beniamino Gigli, Assisted by M. Picco and Minna Boener and the Metropolitan Opera Chorus in Three Numbers from 'Cavalleria Rusticana'
A Vitaphone recording of opera performer Beniamino Gigli.
Pagliacci
The story is set in southern Italy and recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown (or pagliaccio in Italian) in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio. When Nedda spurns the advances of Tonio, another player in the troupe, he tells Canio about Nedda's betrayal. In a jealous rage Canio murders both Nedda and Silvio. Al..
