Seattle Opera will open its 2024/25 season with the “clown prince” of Italian verismo, Pagliacci. Ruggero Leoncavallo’s gritty tale of jealousy and unbridled rage holds a mirror up to a violent ...

RUNTIME: About two hours, including one intermission and on-stage extra performances (see below). THUMBNAIL SKETCH: In the long history of the performing arts, traveling troupes would go from town to ...

Amarillo Opera presents a gripping Italian opera about a clown's jealousy, heartbreak and breaking point, starring Eric Barry ...

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 ...

Tenor Limmie Pulliam has the iconic role of the clown Canio in Florida Grand Opera’s production of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s “I Pagliacci” — and he agrees with the assessment of great singers before him, ...

San Diego Opera kicked off its 2025-26 season on Halloween night, where many audience members at the San Diego Civic Theatre showed up in costume, and horror movie-style drama unfolded onstage in ...

"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 ...

Pagliacci Pizza and Seattle Opera have partnered to celebrate the beloved opera "Pagliacci," which is being performed at McCaw Hall through August 17 The collaboration marks a significant moment for ...

Opera Vermont will present “Pagliacci,” Collier’s adaptation of Leoncavallo’s “I Pagliacci” with music from Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana,” at 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21 and 22, at the ...