Theatre Program Cavalleria Rusticana, July 15th, 1893                                               

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) was a distinguished Italian composer, famous for his 1890 operatic masterpiece "Cavalleria Rusticana". In 1893 the British premiere of Mascagni's opera "I Rantzau" was held in London. It's success earnt him an invite to Windsor Castle to play for Queen Victoria. The concert was held on July 15, 1893 with singers from the Harris Royal Opera Company, including Calve, Vignas, Ancona, Joran and Biancoli and Mascagni conducting.

This program from Mascagni's Windsor Castle performance is signed by the conductor on the inside page. This rare program is 20cm x 13.5cm, 48 pages and is complete. The outer cover has separated at spine and is attached with small piece of tape. All pages inside are, for the most part in good and clean condition, there is small spine tears with couple of pages. 

This piece was originally collected from a major Australian opera collector in the 1930s and rarely offered for private sale. A unique offering for collectors of historic operatic and theatre memorabilia. 

Buyer's Info

Original and authentic. I describe pieces as accurately as possible.

There are no returns, and payment is to be made within 3 days of auction close please.
I post worldwide from Australia and am always happy to combine postage. If you are buying multiple pieces, please wait for a combined invoice, I can usually post two or three pieces for the same postage price, depending on weight.

Local Australian buyers please wait for an invoice as postage will be at domestic prices and less than international postage. 

I will endeavour to post within two days of receiving cleared payment and sheet music will be professionally packaged in a protective plastic sleeve, tough envelope with sturdy board to minimise any chance of bending. 

Any other questions please ask, always happy to help if I can and most importantly, thank you for looking.