Pagliacci means “clowns” in Italian and obliquely refers to how the opera is structured as a play-within-the-play. Canio, a destitute and peripatetic performer, his colleagues Tonio and Beppe ...

Micheal Spyres said he has found his first role as Canio/Pagliacci to be daunting, because of the mountain of history — Enrico Caruso, Mario Lanza and all the tenors who have done it in the past ...

Opera can be scary. Imagine being the first audience to see “Pagliacci” in 1892 and wondering if the tenor losing his temper on stage was losing it for real or just as the character of Canio.

Of the two, Canio from “Pagliacci” is the one he finds easier to identify with. But in both classic examples of verismo, or “real life” opera, the characters aren’t exactly enviable.

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‘I Pagliacci” or “The Clowns,” set in a traveling circus, is one of the most popular of opera tragedies, full of irresistible music. Ruggero Leoncavallo’s 1892 dramatic tale — he wrote the libretto ...

The highlight of the night was tenor Clifton Forbis’ performance as Canio/Pagliacci. With a richly, dark-colored voice, his powerful singing evoked all the anguish and anger of the betrayed spouse.

Canio (played by Richard Trey Smagur), the leader of the troupe, is married to Nedda, performed by Talise Trevigne. Nedda loves Silvio (Joseph Lattanzi) and, in turn, she is loved by Tonio ...

Moving on to Pagliacci, a troupe of performers comes to town. Canio (Diego Torre), the great “Pagliacco” or clown, announces a show for that evening: a comedy of marital infidelity.

Lyric Opera of Chicago announced that registration is now open for audiences to secure a free link to screen its new, original film production of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, made at the Lyric Opera ...

Spokane Opera celebrated its silver anniversary with a vibrant, steamy production of Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” Friday at The Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. There were those in Friday’s ...

I Pagliacci When Franco Zeffirelli handed off his production of "I Pagliacci" to the Los Angeles Opera in fall 1996, complaints at being shortchanged were partially met by the glamour of Placido ...