Leoncavallo
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noun
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The title of which opera composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo literally means Clowns?
From Slate • Jul. 3, 2023
Her impeccable technique is wielded to potent, expressive effect in trademark roles like Violetta from “La Traviata”; excerpts from Donizetti’s “Rosmonda d’Inghilterra”; and selections by Bellini, Puccini and Leoncavallo.
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2015
But Leoncavallo also gives us theatrical self-referentiality, a classic mise en abyme.
From The New Yorker • May 4, 2015
Leoncavallo meant masked expressions to be unmasked by music.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2014
"I Pagliacci," an Italian opera in two acts, words by the composer, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, was first performed at Milan, May 21, 1892, and was introduced in this country in the spring of 1894, Mme.
From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
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