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Leoncavallo

American  
[le-awn-kah-vahl-law] / lɛˌɔn kɑˈvɑl lɔ /

noun

  1. Ruggiero 1858–1919, Italian operatic composer and librettist.


Leoncavallo British  
/ leoŋkaˈvallo /

noun

  1. Ruggiero (rudˈdʒɛːro). 1858–1919, Italian composer of operas, notably I Pagliacci (1892)

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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

He also did not influence such modern composers as Puccini, Mascagni, and Leoncavallo to the extent of marring their native originality and fertility.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by James Francis Cooke

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