The drama of love and longing often can only be conveyed through the extravagance of opera, and the University of Iowa’s production of “L’amico Fritz” by Pietro Mascagni brought the lives of ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. L’amico Fritz is a charming romantic story set amidst cherry orchards and ...

In 1890, Italian composer Pietro Mascagni turned the opera world on its head with Cavalleria Rusticana, a one-act opera so violently frenetic and emotionally overstated that critics had to develop a ...

L’amico Fritz (1891) is the second opera of composer Pietro Mascagni. He had burst onto the operatic scene the year before with Cavalleria rusticana, the one-act opera which many consider to be the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Winter Opera St. Louis founder and soprano Gina Galati. Handout photo Winter Opera St. Louis will offer a tuneful comic rarity, ...

When Grover Cleveland was President of the U. S., an opera by Mascagni called L’Amico Frits was put on at the Metropolitan. Emma Calve, lovely songstress, appeared in the prima donna role. That was ...