Martin Scorsese evidently is a big fan of Pietro Mascagni, author of "Cavalleria." In "Raging Bull," he uses excerpts from three selections from Mascagni operas. He uses the Intermezzo from "Cavalleria" during the credits. Then he uses the Barcarolle from "Silvano" and the Intermezzo from "Guglielmo Ratcliff." The last two are pretty obscure for American audiences.

DT: Where in the Trilogy do we hear the music from the Drinking Song ("Brindisi") from "Traviata"?


Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.