This composer of "Cavalleria Rusticana" wrote "Il Piccolo Marat", a sadly neglected opera about the Reign of Terror
He was imprisoned 
and barely escaped the guillotine during the Reign of Terror in 1793,... [DOC] [TLE] All Pages - Opera Today : Performances [PAR] After its world premiere at Royal Opera House in London last year, the ...... such 
as Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana, this Pagliacci faced the opera world alone.