Cavalleria Rusticana (1959 film) Cavalleria Rusticana (1959 film) Cavalleria Rusticana is a 1959 Australian TV play, an adaptation of the opera by Pietro Mascagni. It was directed by Alan Burke. Music was provided by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georg Tintner. In a Sicilian village, the peasant girl Santuzza falls for the tanner Turiddu. However he tires of her and returns to his old love, Lola. To get revenge, Santuzza tells Lola's husband Alfio about the love affair, resulting in a duel with knives between Alfio and Turiddu. It was the fourth live opera from the ABC following, "The Telephone," "Pagliacci", and "Prima
Oreste Kirkop Oreste Kirkop Oreste Kirkop(Chircop) was born in Ħamrun (Malta) on 26 July 1923. He was the sixth child among the ten siblings of Jean Chircop and Fortunata Panzavecchia. He started to realise his singing capabilities while singing in the shelters during wartime. Afterwards he took lessons from Maltese tenor Nicolo Baldachino. Oreste made his operatic debut on 25 February 1945 as Turiddu in "Cavalleria Rusticana" at the Radio City Opera House in Ħamrun (Malta). In 1948, he met Maltese baritone Joseph Satariano who encouraged him to start an opera career in the UK. Between 1949 and 1950 he continued singing