Pagliacci

Composer: Leoncavallo, Ruggero

Librettist/Text Author: Leoncavallo, Ruggero

Conductor: Pretre, Georges

Orchestra: Milan La Scala Orchestra

Chorus: Milan La Scala Chorus

Chorus Master: Gandolfi, Romano

Canio: Domingo, Placido

Nedda: Stratas, Teresa

Peppe: Andreolli, Florindo

Silvio: Rinaldi, Alberto

Tonio: Pons, Juan

Producer: Hohlfeld, Horant

Set Designer: Quaranta, Gianni

Costume Designer: Anni, Anna

Stage Director: Zeffirelli, Franco

Television Director: Zeffirelli, Franco

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Date of Production: 1982

Venue: Teatro alla Scala, Milan

Playing Time: 01:11:40

Catalogue Number: A05005356

Libretto

Pagliacci IT

Synopsis

Pagliacci

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Pagliacci is often celebrated as one of the finest examples of verismo, or realist opera. It is even based on a true story: Leoncavallo's father, a judge, once presided over the trial of an actor who, in a fit of jealousy, murdered his wife immediately following a performance. Pagliacci is frequently performed along with Mascagni's one-acter Cavalleria Rusticana. Both works are strongly linked with the name of Franco Zeffirelli, the great stage and film director who has been infusing the operatic repertoire with grace, elegance and poignancy. Both his Emmy Award-winning production of Pagliacci and his Cavalleria feature international star tenor Placido Domingo.