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Cavalleria rusticana, composed by Pietro Mascagni in 1890, is an Italian opera significant for its role in establishing the verismo style. Verismo sought to portray realistic and often harsh depictions of everyday life, particularly among rural populations. The work’s dramatic intensity and passiona...
Prince Igor is a historical epic opera in four acts with a prologue, composed by Alexander Borodin between 1869 and 1887. Left unfinished upon the composer's death, the work was edited and completed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov, premiering in 1890. The opera is famous for its sw...
Yıldız Clock Tower is an Ottoman clock tower located beside Yıldız Mosque near the Yıldız Palace complex in Istanbul, Turkey. It was constructed during the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II near the end of the 19th century. The tower has several diminishing stories and combines its timekeeping function...
French vaudeville by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Hennequin (1890), in which a man's desperate concealment of a secret first marriage from his new bride generates mounting comic chaos.
