Did you know the story of PAGLIACCI is based on real events? The composer and librettist, Ruggero Leoncavallo, was inspired to write the opera when as a young boy he watched the trial of the "original" Canio, an actor who was convicted of murdering his wife while performing onstage. Makes the story a bit more eery! #MeetOpera #KCOpera #ItalianOpera #Verismo Diego Torre sings "Vesti la giubba" as Canio in PAGLIACCI at Lyric Opera of Kansas City Cast and Creative Team: Canio: Diego Torre Conductor

A dream cast joins forces with Music Director Enrique Mazzola and the Lyric Opera Orchestra and Chorus to bring Leoncavallo's intensely dramatic story to life. Experience this new presentation of PAGLIACCI, designed specifically for film, with free on-demand tickets at lyricopera.org/pagliacci. | Lyric Opera of Chicago