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
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
La bohème (Leoncavallo)
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La bohème is an Italian opera in four acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger. The opera received a successful premiere at the Teatro
Ruggero Leoncavallo
…operatic repertoire. His other notable compositions include the song "Mattinata", popularized by Enrico Caruso, and, to a lesser extent, his version of La bohème which, however, was overshadowed by Puccini's highly successful opera of the same name. The son of Vincenzo Leoncavallo, a police magistrate and judge…
Poster for the premiere
Scene from La bohème at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris on 10 October 1899