On the occasion of the 160th birth anniversary of the great composer and conductor, Pietro Mascagni, the Banda città di Rimini, conducted by Maestro Jader Abbondanza, and the Coro lirico Amintore Galli conducted by Maestro Marcello Mancini, in collaboration with the Municipality of Rimini and the A. Galli Theatre, will perform "La Cavalleria Rusticana" in the original arrangement for band. 
"La Cavalleria Rusticana", inspired by the homonymous novella by Giovanni Verga, is a veristic opera in one act on a libretto by G. Targioni-Tozzetti and G. Menasci and it is put on stage in concert form with the original arrangement for band by Massimo Picchioni.
Characters and performers: Santuzza - Elisa Luzi, Turiddu - Giuseppe Varano, Alfio - Giovanni Mazzei, Lucia - Elisa Gentili, Lola - Caterina Tonini.