Giovanni Verga in the Fields"), including ""Fantasticheria"" ("Daydreaming"), ""La lupa"" ("The She-wolf"), ""Jeli il pastore"" ("Jeli the Shepherd"), ""Pentolaccia"" ("The Plaything"), and "Rosso Malpelo", most of which were about rural Sicily, came out. It also included ""Cavalleria rusticana"" ("Rustic Chivalry"), which he adapted for the theatre and later formed the basis for several opera librettos including Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Gastaldon's "Mala Pasqua!". Verga's short story, ""Malaria"", was one of the first literary depictions of the disease malaria. He then embarked on a projected series of five novels, but only completed two, "I Malavoglia" and "Mastro-don Gesualdo" (1889), the second of which
Edinburgh Opera Company 16, 18 May 1923)," "Meyerbeer's "The Huguenots" (Royal Lyceum Theatre 15, 17, 19 May 1923); "Bohemian Girl", "Cavalleria Rusticana", "Trial by Jury" and "The Jolly Beggers" (Royal Lyceum, 1931); "Yeoman of the Guard, Jeannie Deans" (King’s Theatre 1934); "Orpheus" (Gateway Theatre 1958); "Faust" (Gateway Theatre 1959); "Semele" (Gateway Theatre 1960); "Der Freischutz" (Gateway Theatre 1961); "L'elisir d’amore" (Gateway Theatre 1962); "The Bartered Bride" (Gateway Theatre 1963); "Flying Dutchman" (Royal Lyceum Theatre 1979). Edinburgh Opera Company "Not to be confused with Edinburgh Grand Opera". Edinburgh Opera Company was an opera company which existed in Edinburgh during the 20th century from around