San Francisco Opera's 2018-19 Season opens Friday, September 7 with the double bill of Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci (or Cav/Pag), and opening night galas ...

Three house debuts, the return of a director-conductor dream team, and a harkening back to the very first production of Florida Grand Opera's historic 82 seasons mark Ruggiero Leoncavallo's I ...

At least once every season, Petaluma's Cinnabar Theater stages a classic opera. This year, the company decided to send in the clown -- not just any clown, but the crown prince of clowns. Ruggero ...

A powerful performance of Leoncavallo’s opera Pagliacci wowed the audience at Canterbury’s Marlowe Theatre. The classic tale from 1892 is translated seamlessly into a contemporary setting by English ...

Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" is as easy to dismiss as it is to praise. Certainly, it is not a subtle piece of theater and just as certainly it possesses more telling music than much longer operas. After ...

Opera in the Heights (OH) celebrates its 20th year with a season that includes The Medium and The Telephone, two short operas by Gian Carlo Menotti, Rossini's beloved La Cenerentola, the story of ...

Staff report Tickets go on sale Friday for “Pagliacci,” which will be Opera Western Reserve’s fall production. “Pagliacci” (The Clowns) is a verismo-style opera, featuring realistic characters thrust ...

The clown in striped pants, white smock and painted face is one of the most recognizable figures in opera. "I Pagliacci" ("The Clowns"), from which the character is taken, is equally famous. Of the ...

Preston Opera’s production of Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci is going to present opera to the city of Preston as it’s never been seen before. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire Evening ...

Both deal with the tragic results of sexual jealousy and were instant hits for the young composers writing their first works in the late 19th century, answering the need for opera to be realistic in ...