In 1929, he succeeded Arturo Toscanini as musical director of La Scala in Milan, and wrote the opera Nerone, which glorified Mussolini. While he tried to revive the commedia in La maschere, he is better known as an exponent of the verismo style of opera. His best-known work, featuring characters such as Alfio, village girls Lola and Santuzza, and the soldier Turiddu, is based on a Sicilian melodrama by Giovanni Verga. For
In 1929, he succeeded Arturo Toscanini as musical director of La Scala in Milan, and wrote the opera Nerone, which glorified Mussolini. While he tried to revive the commedia in La maschere, he is better known as an exponent of the verismo style of opera. His best-known work, featuring characters such as Alfio, village girls Lola and Santuzza, and the soldier Turiddu, is based on a Sicilian melodrama by Giovanni Verga. For 10 points--name this composer of Cavalleria Rusticana.
In 1929, he succeeded Arturo Toscanini as musical director of La Scala in Milan, and wrote the opera Nerone, which glorified Mussolini.