Pagliacci
Opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Pagliacci 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... Wikipedia
Librettist: Ruggero Leoncavallo
Composer: Ruggero Leoncavallo
Arias: Vesti la giubba and No! Pagliaccio non son!
Written: 1892
First performance: May 21, 1892, Teatro Dal Verme, Milan, Italy
Language: Italian