Ruggiero Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (Libretto) | GS34030 - Sheet Music

product id: 70977
Composer/Artist: Leoncavallo, Ruggero
Arrangement: opera
Product type: Libretto
Media: Sheet Music
Pages: 28
Language: English / Italian
Expected shipping time: 14 days
Price: 9.95 euro

Ruggiero Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci was his first opera to be performed. The text, by the composer, is based on one of the cases encountered by Leoncavallo's father, a police magistrate in Naples. The actual case concerned a middle-aged actor who murdered his unfaithful wife. Leoncavallo sets his sordid subject matter to melodic material of high quality and great variety. The heart-rending aria 'Ridi, Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto!' (Laugh and be merry, though your love betrayed you), has become the most famous number from the opera.

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I Pagliacci

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