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Mala Pasqua!
Mala Pasqua! (Bad Easter!) is an opera in three acts composed by Stanislao Gastaldon to a libretto by Giovanni Domenico Bartocci-Fontana. The libretto is based on Giovanni Verga's play, "Cavalleria rusticana" ("Rustic Chivalry") which Verga had adapted from his short story of the same name. "Mala Pasqua!" premiered on 9 April 1890 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome, six weeks before Pietro Mascagni's opera "Cavalleria rusticana" which was also based on Verga's
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A common misconception about the song's origin is that it is an aria from Gastaldon's opera, "Mala Pasqua!", and the only surviving piece from the work. In fact, it is neither. It was published as a salon song for solo soprano and piano in 1881, nine years before "Mala Pasqua!" premiered. The "Mala Pasqua!" score (and the libretto) were published by Ricordi in 1890 and copies are