Oops--I clicked the "post" button too fast. I meant to say, "Cavalleria" is the ultimate verismo opera--beautiful music in ugly story. If you liked what you saw in GF III, you should buy the tape of the '82 Franco Zeffirelli production featuring Placido Domingo and Elena Obraztsova. It was shot on location in Sicily (not in an opera house) and is just magnificent. This tape should appeal to GF fans especially because Zeffirelli is as much a fanatic for details as is Coppola. The scenes of the Easter mass ("Ineggiamo il Signor non e Morto"), seen in part in GF III, is done outdoors with a cast of hundreds in authentic period costume--a scene of transcendent power.