| "Cavalleria rusticana" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Giovanni Verga | |
| Language | Italian |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Novelle rusticane |
| Publication date | 1883 |
| Cavalleria rusticana | |
|---|---|
| Date premiered | 1884 |
| Place premiered | Turin |
| Original language | Italian |
| Genre | Tragedy |
"Cavalleria rusticana" (Italian for 'Rustic Chivalry') is a short story by the Sicilian Giovanni Verga, published in a collection entitled Novelle rusticane in 1883 and presented in dramatic form as a one-act tragedy at Turin in 1884. Pietro Mascagni made this prose play the basis of the verse-libretto of his one-act opera, Cavalleria rusticana (1890).[1]