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Pagliacci. (1948 film) Love of a Clown, or Pagliacci, is a 1948 Italian film based on Ruggero Leoncavallo 's opera Pagliacci, directed by Mario Costa. The film stars Tito Gobbi and Gina Lollobrigida. It recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown (or pagliaccio in Italian) in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio.
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 ...
See media help. " 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. " Vesti la giubba " is sung at the conclusion of the first act, when Canio ...
The sad clown paradox is the contradictory association, in performers, between comedy and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. [1][2] For those affected, early life is characterised by feelings of deprivation and isolation, where comedy evolves as a release for tension, removing feelings of suppressed physical rage through a verbal ...
Mario Lanza (US: / ˈlɑːnzə, ˈlænzə / LA (H)N-zə, Italian: [ˈmaːrjo ˈlantsa]; born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza [alˈfreːdo koˈkottsa]; January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor and actor. He was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16.
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The Ghost Clown – evil hypnotist clown featured in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode titled "Bedlam in the Big Top" Gamzee Makara – clown-like Highblood Troll and one of the antagonists of the webcomic "Homestuck" I Pagliacci, (The Clowns) – tragic opera by Ruggiero Leoncavallo prominently features Arlecchino as a character
Box office. $1,685,000 [ 1 ] For the First Time (German title: Serenade of a Great Love) is a 1959 musical film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Mario Lanza, Johanna von Koczian, Kurt Kasznar, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. It was tenor star Mario Lanza 's final film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer six weeks before his death.