Pagliacci
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Pagliacci is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company
Cover of first piano/vocal score, published in 1892
Enrico Caruso as Canio in Pagliacci, one of his signature roles
Ruggero Leoncavallo
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Ruggero Leoncavallo was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Throughout his career, Leoncavallo produced numerous operas and songs, but it is his 1892 opera Pagliacci that remained his lasting co
Pagliacci
…Pagliacci (Italian pronunciation: ; literal translation, 'Clowns') is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who murders his wife Nedda and her lover Silvio on…
Leoncavallo on a 1910 postcard
Leoncavallo's house at Montecatini Terme
The grave at the Church of Madonna del Ponte with a view on Lake Maggiore.
Ruggero Leoncavallo