Cavalleria rusticana it performed at the Teatro Costanzi, where it premiered on 9 April 1890. In the 1907 Sonzogno competition, Domenico Monleone submitted an opera based on the story, and likewise called "Cavalleria rusticana". The opera was not successful in the competition, but premiered later that year in Amsterdam and went on to a successful tour throughout Europe, ending in Turin. Sonzogno, wishing to protect the lucrative property which Mascagni's version had become, took legal action and successfully had Monleone's opera banned from performance in Italy. Monleone changed the opera ‘beyond recognition’, setting the music to a new libretto. In this form
Blagica Pop Tomova Summer, Skopje cultural Summer, Ohrid cultural Summer, first performance of Wagner with Macedonian Philharmonic - conductor Tim Tchashel, 7 December 1998, 28 May 1999. She debuted at Macedonian opera scene at 27 May Opera Evenings with the small role of Ines in the opera Trovatore. In 2001, she became a member of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet with leading roles in the operas "Cavalleria Rusticana", "Carmen", "Tosca" and "Turandot". She has since appeared in the major roles of Santuca in "Cavalleria Rusticana", Mikaela in "Carmen", Tosca in "Tosca", Madame Glavari in "Merry Widow", Liu in "Turandot", Dona Ana in "Don