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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 ...
Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Ingvar Wixell: Giuseppe Patanè, National Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus: Audio CD: Decca Classics Cat: 00289 414 5902 1979: José Carreras, Renata Scotto, Kari Nurmela: Riccardo Muti Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0777 7 63650 2 2; CDMB 63650; 7 63650 2 [5] 1981 ...
Luciano Pavarotti OMRI (/ ˌpævəˈrɒti /, US also / ˌpɑːv -/, Italian: [luˈtʃaːno pavaˈrɔtti]; 12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time.
Audiences enraptured by the Florida Grand Opera’s production of “I pagliacci” and lead singers Limmie Pulliam and Kearstin Piper Brown gave standing ovations to the classic play within a play.
La bohème (/ ˌlɑː boʊˈɛm / LAH boh-EM, [1] Italian: [la boˈɛm]) is an opera in four acts, [N 1] composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème (1851) by Henri Murger. [2] The story is set in Paris around 1830 and shows the Bohemian ...
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini[n 1] (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) [1] was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest [2] and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, stemming from the late- Baroque era.
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