Photos from the UTPB Music Department’s dress rehearsal of the Italian opera “I Pagliacci” or “The Clowns” Tuesday evening at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center’s REA-Greathouse Recital Hall. “I ...

Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria rusticana” might have been a one-hit wonder for its composer but it was Satchmo’s favorite opera. In the mid-1920s, Louis Armstrong would pop out of the pit at the ...

"I Pagliacci” or “The Clowns,” set in a traveling circus, is one of the most popular of opera tragedies, full of irresistible music. Ruggero Leoncavallo’s 1892 dramatic tale — he wrote the libretto ...

University of Texas Permian Basin will host a classic Italian opera this week — with English narration. “I Pagliacci,” or “The Clowns,” takes the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2:30 ...

Lyric Opera of Kansas City General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler Kemper today announced the 2023-2024 season-opening production, a double bill of ALL NEW productions of Cavalleria rusticana and ...

‘I Pagliacci,” Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s tragic tale of adultery and revenge set to glorious music, remains one of the most popular operas since its 1892 premiere. Still, a new adaptation enjoys all ...

Paul Groves was a child when he first heard that classic, mournful tenor aria usually sung by a clown on opera stages. The song — specifically one of its passages — is usually recognized even by those ...

When it comes to challenging operatic roles for tenors, the clown troupe leader Canio in Leoncavallo Ruggero’s beloved 1892 “Pagliacci” is right up there. It requires power-singing, vocal range and ...