The clown in striped pants, white smock and painted face is one of the most recognizable figures in opera. "I Pagliacci" ("The Clowns"), from which the character is taken, is equally famous. Of the ...

Three house debuts, the return of a director-conductor dream team, and a harkening back to the very first production of Florida Grand Opera's historic 82 seasons mark Ruggiero Leoncavallo's I ...

For the first time in its history, the Millennium Event Center opens its doors to an opera that takes over the entire space. Gone is the traditional divide between stage and seat. Instead, you step ...

As the leading tenor in Pietro Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s “I Pagliacci” with the Westfield Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, Todd Geer has some meaty singing ahead of ...

When Florida Grand Opera opens the curtain on its midseason production, I Pagliacci, it will be close to 82 years to the day that the Miami Opera Guild, the precursor to Florida Grand Opera, performed ...

"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 ...

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, ...

‘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 ...

A single cast was announced Aug. 24 for "I Pagliacci (The Clowns)," which opens the 20th season of Opera in the Heights Sept. 18 at Lambert Hall. The 1892 "comic thriller" by Ruggero Leoncavallo will ...

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 ...