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Ruggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo (UK: / ˌ l eɪ ɒ n k æ ˈ v æ l oʊ / LAY-on-kav-AL-oh, US: / ˌ l eɪ oʊ n k ə ˈ v ɑː l oʊ,-k ɑː ˈ-/ LAY-ohn-kə-VAH-loh, -kah-, Italian: [rudˈdʒɛːro leˌoŋkaˈvallo]; 23 April 1857 – 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist.
Mar 21, 2024 · Ruggero Leoncavallo (born March 8, 1857/58, Naples—died Aug. 9, 1919, Montecatini Terme, near Florence) was a Neapolitan opera composer whose fame rests on the opera Pagliacci, which, with Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana (1890), represented a reaction against Richard Wagner and against Romantic Italian opera; both works substituted ...
Apr 23, 2019 · By David Salazar. Ruggero Leoncavallo, born on April 23, 1857, is renowned today because of the success of his very first opera. The composer showed great abilities as a pianist from a young age and spent some time in Egypt as a pianist and teacher. However, he quickly departed to Paris when revolts broke out.
Pagliacci (Italian pronunciation: [paʎˈʎattʃi]; literal translation, 'Clowns') is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who murders his wife Nedda and her lover Silvio on stage during a ...
Ruggero (or Ruggiero)[a] Leoncavallo (Italian: 23 April 1857 – 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Although he produced numerous operas and songs throughout his career it is his opera Pagliacci (1892) that remained his lasting contribution, despite attempts to escape the shadow of his greatest success.
Ruggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo (Italian pronunciation:23 April 1857 - 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer. His two-act work Pagliacci remains one of the most popular works in the repertory, appearing as number 20 on the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide.
Jan 6, 2015 · Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919). Profession: Composer (opera). Residences: Napels, Milan. Relation to Mahler: Correspondence with Mahler: Born: 08-03-1857 Napels, Italy. Died: 09-08-1919 Montecatini, Italy. Buried: Monumentale Delle Porte Sante cemetery, Florence, Italy.
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