Laughter, tears/ Opera Theatre of the Rockies offers two views of death From: The Gazette | Date: March 23, 2001| Author: | Copyright 2001 The Gazette. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

In opera, death is in the hands of the composer.

Giacomo Puccini made it funny in "Gianni Schicchi," depicting a family scheming to change a relative's will. Ruggiero Leoncavallo took a tragic take on it in "Pagliacci," a tale of jealousy and murder.

Opera Theatre of the Rockies is presenting these one-act operas together this weekend at Colorado College's Armstrong Hall - an evening the opera company is billing a "laugh until you cry" experience.

The Italian operas, which the Denver-based Opera Colorado also paired in 1998, present death from two very different perspectives.

"Gianni ...

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