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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 ...
Pierrot (/ ˈpɪəroʊ / PEER-oh, US also / ˈpiːəroʊ, ˌpiːəˈroʊ / PEE-ə-roh, PEE-ə-ROH; French: [pjɛʁo] ⓘ), a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte, has his origins in the late 17th-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne.
Pulcinella in a 19th-century Italian print Capodimonte porcelain jar with three figures of Pulcinella. Naples, Italy, 1745–1750.. Pulcinella (Italian: [pultʃiˈnɛlla]; Neapolitan: Pulecenella) is a classical character that originated in commedia dell'arte of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan puppetry.
[4] [5] It was formerly called Italian comedy in English and is also known as commedia alla maschera, commedia improvviso, and commedia dell'arte all'improvviso. [6] Characterized by masked "types", commedia was responsible for the rise of actresses such as Isabella Andreini [ 7 ] and improvised performances based on sketches or scenarios.
Scaramouche (1912-13) Op. 71, is a two-act tragic ballet-pantomime, comprising 21 numbers, written by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. Scaramouche (1952), directed by George Sidney with Stewart Granger, Janet Leigh, Eleanor Parker, and Mel Ferrer. The Adventures of Scaramouche (1963), a French-Italian-Spanish feature film, directed by ...
Rigoletto is an opera in three acts [a] by Giuseppe Verdi.The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo.Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the opera had a triumphant premiere at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851.
Falstaff (Italian pronunciation: [ˈfalstaf]) is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian-language libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from the play The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, by William Shakespeare. The work premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan.