(Synopsis) Turidu fell in love with Lola before serving in the army. After his military service, Laura married Alfio. A coachman. After leaving the army, Turidu seduced Santuza in the same village. Santuza is pregnant now, so she is looked down upon by the people in the village. When the curtain rose, it was Easter morning in a village in Sicily, Italy. Turidu's song came. He is singing a local Sicilian tune. The villagers are singing seasonal songs. At this time, Alfio sang in the crowd of villagers. After the villagers left, he asked Turidu's mother lucia about Turidu's whereabouts. Lucia said that Turidu was going to Frank Ford nearby. Buy some wine for the hotel opened at home. Alfio pointed out that the fact is that Turidu is not far from home in the village. He met him this morning, and Santoza was anxious to keep lucia silent. At this time, the conversation between them was interrupted by the sound of Easter Latin poetry. When everyone else in the village went to church, Santoza confided the truth to lucia, Turidu's mother, and sadly sang a famous aria "As Mom knows". The lyrics sing that Turidu abandoned her and became close friends with Lola. When lucia entered the church, Santuza was left on the stage waiting for Turidu to appear. It was Turidu who played. Santoza asked Turidu to change his mind, leave Lola, turn around and leave, and said that he saw him staying near Lola's house at dusk. Turidu cursed Santuza's jealousy. Then Lola appeared, and she was going to church, taunting Santo into the church. At this time, Tulidu ignored Santuza's entreaties, knocked Santuza down, shook his hand cruelly and entered the church. With a grudge, Santuza got angry and told Alfio who was just playing about the affair between his wife Lola and Turidu. Then they vowed to take revenge in the voice of "Love has turned into hate". -Then came the most famous interlude "Intermittent"-Intermittent, and then the plot entered the second half. After the service, the congregation poured out, and Turidu and Lucia left. When Alfio came to power, Turidu gave him a glass of wine, but Alfio refused, saying it would become poison in his stomach. The villagers lured Lola away, and Alfio bit Turidu's right ear according to the traditional duel custom. Turidu pretended to be drunk before going to the duel, went to see his mother Lucia, asked her to bless him, and told her that her mother was deeply surprised. If she didn't come back, let her take care of Santuza, so after kissing her mother goodbye, she and Alfio went to the back of the church to fight, while Santuza held Lucia, as if she had a premonition that something bad was going to happen. Women gathered in the square, and suddenly a woman came screaming and said that Turidu had been killed. After hearing the bad news, Santuza and Lucia fell to the ground, and the women gathered around to support them.