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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Ruggiero Leoncavallo , 1857-1919, Italian composer. The opera Pagliacci (1892), his one outstanding success, is a classic example of Italian verismo, or realism. Of his numerous other operas, only Zazà (1900) had moderate success. ... Read more

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero
World Encyclopedia Leoncavallo, Ruggiero (1858–1919) Italian composer, mainly of operas. He travelled all over Europe working as an accompanist and composer of music-hall songs. Of his operas, I Pagliacci (1892) alone has withstood the test of time. Read more

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Leoncavallo, Ruggiero ( b Naples, 1857; d Montecatini, 1919). It. composer. Completed first opera, Chatterton , in 1876 and planned trilogy on Renaissance... Read more

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	Leoncavallo's La Boheme Magazine article from: Musical Opinion; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; Pietro Mascagni and Ruggiero Leoncavallo share a good deal more than the...injudicious in his political leanings. Leoncavallo secured a commission from Kaiser...indiscretions in his later years. Leoncavallo was unluckier in life than Mascagni... Read more
	Leoncavallo: Life and Works.(Book review) Magazine article from: Notes; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; Leoncavallo: Life and Works. By Konrad...has now provided a study of Ruggiero Leoncavallo's life and works. With relatively little information about Leoncavallo readily accessible, Dryden...paradoxical but convincing picture of Leoncavallo. On the one hand, he sees a... Read more
	A clown with murder on his hands Newspaper article from: The Malay Mail; 6/8/2001; ; 638 words ; Ruggiero Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci featuring Franco Corelli...Dunces with Classics), two years later Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) came up with his own...stories despite the tragic endings. Ruggiero on the other hand gave common folk... Read more
	VIRGINIA OPERA RETURNS REALISM TO CLASSIC ``I PAGLIACCI''.(DAILY BREAK) Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 3/6/1997; ; 666 words ; ...CRAIG SHAPIRO, STAFF WRITER RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO found the inspiration for his...jealous actor murdered his wife. Leoncavallo's father was the judge at the...Caesar'' is a good example. Leoncavallo, though, presented his drama... Read more
	Excellent 'Pagliacci' shakes the emotions. Newspaper article from: Blade (Toledo, OH); 4/2/2006; 433 words ; ...Opera's bracing production of Ruggiero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, which opened a...an opera at just 75 minutes, Leoncavallo created a searing tale of love...shaken. Toledo Opera presents Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at 7:30 p.m. Friday... Read more
	Laughter, tears/ Opera Theatre of the Rockies offers two views of death Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 3/23/2001; ; 658 words ; ...change a relative's will. Ruggiero Leoncavallo took a tragic take on it...Cockrell. Most sources say Ruggiero Leoncavallo's only successful opera was...true case, presided over by Leoncavallo's father, in which a jealous... Read more
	Bloody Mafia in Cav and Pag Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times; 8/1/1999; ; 626 words ; BOTH Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggiero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci are popular -- but neglected. You'll...tabloid journalism as opera; if either Mascagni or Leoncavallo had been composing now they would have been writing... Read more
	Tales of carnage among the knaves.(ARTS & CULTURE)(OPERA) Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/24/2007; 650 words ; ...operas - Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggiero Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci. Having opened in Norfolk on March...Nassif as Nedda in a Virginia Opera performance of Ruggiero Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci, part of a double-bill production... Read more
	Opera: Hot-blooded doom that's a joy CAV & PAG ALEXANDRA THEATRE BIRMINGHAM Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/12/2001; ; 411 words ; ...Rusticana (Rome, 1890) and Pagliacci (The Clowns), by Ruggiero Leoncavallo (Milan, 1892) - need dramatic flair. The one set...even more effectively than La Boheme (of which Leoncavallo's version was staged last autumn at ENO), and are... Read more
	Opera twins well-served by heart and smarts.(Local)(Opera review) Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 3/11/2007; 605 words ; ...twins, Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggiero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. Heard Friday evening at Norfolk's...involving performances of these old favorites. Leoncavallo's opera, as usual, trumped its somewhat simpler... Read more

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