Leoncavallo

[ le-awn-kah-vahl-law ]

noun

1. Rug·gie·ro [r, ood-, je, -, r, aw], 1858–1919, Italian operatic composer and librettist.

Leoncavallo

/ leoŋkaˈvallo /

noun

1. LeoncavalloRuggiero18581919MItalianMUSIC: composer Ruggiero (rudˈdʒɛːro). 1858–1919, Italian composer of operas, notably I Pagliacci (1892)

Example Sentences

Did you ever hear of Leoncavallo, Verdi, or that there is such a thing as a Russian composer?

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Leoncavallo set the same story to music, writing the book himself.

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It was the first time that Lancaster had heard Leoncavallo's opera.

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Leoncavallo's music is conceived in a totally different mood from that of Puccini.

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Among the notable successes which have been first launched at this theatre is Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci.

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