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"Vesti la giubba" (Italian: [ˈvɛsti la ˈdʒubba], "Put on the costume", often referred to as "On With the Motley", from the original 1893 translation by Frederic Edward Weatherly) is a tenor aria from Ruggero Leoncavallo's 1892 opera Pagliacci.
Pagliacci (Italian pronunciation: [paʎˈʎattʃi]; literal translation, 'Clowns') [a] 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 stage during a ...
Today Pagliacci continues to be his most famous opera and one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the operatic repertory. 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 ...
Mario del Monaco: Decca Recitals 1952–1969 – 5 CDs, all studio – opera arias, sacred music, Neapolitan, Spanish and English songs. Mario del Monaco: Grandi Voci – DECCA, 19 tracks, all studio – excellent selection of his finest arias (mostly Verdi and Puccini, but also including 'Vesti la giubba') plus three popular songs (including ...
This is a partial discography of Pagliacci, an opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo which premiered at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan on May 21, 1892 conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Stand-alone recordings [ edit ]
Giacomo Puccini, one of the composers most closely associated with verismo. Cavelleria Rusticana, considered the first Verismo opera Pagliacci is a famous Verismo opera. In opera, verismo (Italian for 'realism'), from vero, meaning 'true', was a post-Romantic operatic tradition associated with Italian composers such as Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano, Francesco Cilea and ...
Pagliacci is mentioned for having a lonely heart, [11] which is a reference to the opera Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo. In the United States, the Chordettes' single reached No. 1 on all three of Billboard ' s popular music charts, [12] and was ranked No. 9 in Cash Box ' s ranking of "1955's Top Pop Records as Voted in the Cash Box Poll". [13]
Some notable appearances include 1936's Johannes Riemann-directed musical drama Ave Maria opposite actress Käthe von Nagy and Giuseppe Fatigati's 1943 drama I Pagliacci (English release title: Laugh Pagliacci), opposite Italian actress Alida Valli. In the last few years of his life, Gigli gave concert performances more often than he appeared ...