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    Pagliacci
    Pagliacci
    Pagliacci
    Audiobook1 hour

    Pagliacci

    Written by Thomson Smillie

    Narrated by David Timson

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    About this audiobook

    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateFeb 1, 2004
    ISBN9781843793250
    Pagliacci

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