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Opera Explained: LEONCAVALLO - Pagliacci (Smillie) |
Opera Explained
An Introduction to...LEONCAVALLO: Pagliacci
Written by Thomson Smillie
Narrated by David Timson
1 CD
12-page booklet
ISBN: 1-84379-068-8
8.558143
Pagliacci may be the most completely compelling short opera in the repertory and owes much of its impact to a brilliant story based, it is said, on true life and told through the device of a play-within-a-play. The action is set in Calabria in the deep south of Italy where the jealousies and illicit passions of a troupe of strolling actors precisely intersect with the play they are performing - to both touching and tragic effect. Leoncavallo was his own librettist, and his literary skills, allied to great melodic creativity, guarantee that in its two short acts Pagliacci - 'Clowns' - delivers an overwhelming emotional experience.
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Leoncavallo, Ruggero
An Introduction to... LEONCAVALLO Pagliacci
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Background - Introduction
00:02:38
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| 2. |
Background - Background to Leoncavallo and libretti
00:03:09
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Background - Commedia dell'arte
00:01:28
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Background - Pantaloon, the Doctor, the Bragging Captain
00:03:34
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Background - The Lovers and Harlequin
00:04:07
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Pagliacci - The story's structure; the prologue
00:07:15
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Pagliacci - The opening: the circus is coming
00:04:59
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Pagliacci - Nedda's infidelity
00:03:12
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Pagliacci - Silvio and Nedda
00:05:05
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Pagliacci - Canio: 'Vesti la giubba'
00:04:00
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Pagliacci - Intermezzo: Act I to Act II
00:05:40
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Pagliacci - The play - within - the - play opens
00:04:35
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Pagliacci - Canio (Pagliaccio) returns early
00:03:54
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Pagliacci - The denouement
00:03:53
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Pagliacci - Silvio and Nedda's duet
00:03:56
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Total Playing Time: 01:01:25 |
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