Leoncavallo
Americannoun
noun
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The title of which opera composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo literally means Clowns?
From Slate • Jul. 3, 2023
“Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci” Filmed for theatrical release, the Royal Opera’s Olivier Award-winning 2017 staging of these two oft-paired one-act tragedies — by Mascagni and Leoncavallo, respectively — premieres on the streaming service Marquee TV.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2020
It was an inspired idea to pair “Aleko” and “Pagliacci,” both first heard in the spring of 1892 — the Rachmaninoff in Moscow, the Leoncavallo in Milan.
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2016
But Leoncavallo also gives us theatrical self-referentiality, a classic mise en abyme.
From The New Yorker • May 4, 2015
Ponchielli played his part, and under his guidance such dissimilar talents as Puccini, Mascagni, and Leoncavallo were fostered.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
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