L'amico Fritz L'amico Fritz L'amico Fritz () is an opera in three acts by Pietro Mascagni, premiered in 1891 from a libretto by P. Suardon (Nicola Daspuro) (with additions by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti), based on the French novel "L'ami Fritz" by Émile Erckmann and Pierre-Alexandre Chatrian. While the opera enjoyed some success in its day and is probably Mascagni's most famous work after "Cavalleria rusticana", today it is performed far more rarely than "Cavalleria", which remains Mascagni's only enduringly popular work in America (though in Italy, "L'amico Fritz" and "Iris" are still in the active repertoire). The "Cherry Duet" between Fritz and Suzel
Giancarlo Monsalve the pioneers of the Chilean street theater in the 80's and later with Hollywood Stars coach Bernard Hiller. Giancarlo Monsalve made his professional debut in Italy, with the Opera Paolo e Francesca from Luigi Mancinelli season 2006 of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna where he returned in 2012 for the Opera Cavalleria Rusticana. After his debut Monsalve's career has spanned to major global opera houses, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Arena di Verona, Zürich Opera House, Lausanne Opera, Royal Opera House Muscat Sultanate of Oman, The Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center, Bayerische Staatsoper, Sejong Center for the Performing