Paul Groves was a child when he first heard that classic, mournful tenor aria usually sung by a clown on opera stages. The song — specifically one of its passages — is usually recognized even by those ...
Love, obsession, death and a lot of great music: All those staples of opera are on display in “Pagliacci,” which opened Seattle Opera’s 2024-25 season Saturday and runs through Aug. 17. “Pagliacci” ...
"I Pagliacci” or “The Clowns,” set in a traveling circus, is one of the most popular of opera tragedies, full of irresistible music. Ruggero Leoncavallo’s 1892 dramatic tale — he wrote the libretto ...
Tragedy in opera can deliver an emotional sucker punch like no other medium. Usually, the music is to blame. But when the main characters also work in a clown troupe and must continue to entertain ...
This month, Lyric Opera of Chicago is putting on a murderous operatic double feature of Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci.” The remaining performances will be at 7:30 p.m.
Through 11/23: Tue 11/4 7 PM, Fri 11/7 7 PM, Sun 11/9 2 PM, Wed 11/12 2 PM, Sat 11/15 7:30 PM, Thu 11/20 2 PM, Sun 11/23 2 PM; audio description and SoundShirts available Sun 11/9; Lyric Opera, 20 N.
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