Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories
by Giovanni VERGA (1840 - 1922)
The short stories of Giovanni Verga, one of the leading authors of Italian verismo, or realism, tell mostly of working-class characters in rural, 19th-century Sicily. One of these stories, "Rustic Chivalry," or "Cavalleria rusticana," was the basis for the opera of the same name by Mascagni. - Summary by Mary J
Listen next episodes of
Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories:
How Peppa Loved Gramigna ,
Jeli the Shepherd Part 1 ,
Jeli the Shepherd Part 2 ,
Jeli the Shepherd Part 3 ,
La Lupa ,
Rustic Chivalry ,
The Bereaved ,
The Story of St. Joseph's Ass