"Prelude" and "Siciliana" from the melodrama "Cavalleria Rusticana" ("Rustic Chivalry") "Prelude" and "Siciliana" from the melodrama "Cavalleria Rusticana" ("Rustic Chivalry") Main opus "Cavalleria rusticana" ("Rustic Chivalry"), melodrama in 1 act, libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti based on Giovanni Verga