Pagliacci
Overview
The story is set in southern Italy and recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown (or pagliaccio in Italian) in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio. When Nedda spurns the advances of Tonio, another player in the troupe, he tells Canio about Nedda's betrayal. In a jealous rage Canio murders both Nedda and Silvio. Although Leoncavallo's opera was originally set in the late 1860's, Zeffirelli's production is updated to the period between World War I and World War II.
Release date
01/05/1987
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Original Soundtrack
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Simon Boccanegra [The Metropolitan Opera]
Verdi - Ernani
Cosi Fan Tutte
Viva Vivaldi
Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne
Alceste
Cosi Fan Tutte
Janacek: Jenufa
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Saariaho: L'Amour de Loin
Orfeo Ed Euridice
The Queen of Spades
Chabrier: The Star
Mozart: Così Fan Tutte (Zurich Opera House)
Bartoli in Italy
Benvenuto Cellini
Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Italka v Alžíru
Tristan und Isolde
Berg: Wozzeck