The “Easter Hymn” from the opera, “Cavalleria rusticana,” by Pietro Mascagni

Inneggiamo, il Signor non è morto.
Ei fulgente ha dischiuso l'avel.
Inneggiamo al Signore risorto—
oggi asceso alla gloria del Ciel!

Let us sing hymns, the Lord is not dead.
Shining, He has unsealed the tomb,
Let us sing hymns to the risen Lord—
ascended today to the glory of Heaven

Now … here’s a film version (directed by Franco Zeffirelli) with the addition of the “Regina caeli” that preceeds it in the opera. It appears to have been filmed in an actual Catholic village, with all the “props” being real religious cultural items used for village processions on Easter. It has the looks of a real procession with some real piety rather than “staged”.



One more version.



Watch all three.

I looked for the second and third clips on YouTube.com.

That was after I saw the first clip on “Idle Speculations.”