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
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.
Pietro Mascagni was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in
Mascagni in 1902
Amica poster, 1905, showing Geraldine Farrar who performed the title role in the Monte Carlo premiere.
Mascagni caricatured in Vanity Fair, 1912