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 ...

From the staging to the set and lighting design to the high-stakes performances by the singers, the show turns up its ...

"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 ...

Emanuele Andrizzi with a cast of more than 50 performers and a 40-piece orchestra. Performances are Friday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 29 at 2 p.m. at the George Van Dusen Theatre. The 2025 ...

Love, obsession, death and a lot of great music: All those staples of opera are on display in “Pagliacci,” which opened Seattle Opera’s 2024-25 season Saturday and runs through Aug. 17. “Pagliacci” ...

Opera Santa Barbara (OSB) will open its 2024-25 season with Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” Nov. 8 and 10 at the Lobero Theatre. Based on a true story, Pagliacci “Clowns” tells the tale of Canio, leader of ...

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 ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago will present a murderous double feature of Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci — known collectively as Cav/Pag — two timeless operas that ignite music’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tragic story of a traveling clown, Canio, whose heartbreak and jealousy erupt during a performance when he discovers his ...