Opera Explained: Leoncavallo - Pagliacci (Smillie) - CD

Ruggero Leoncavallo

An Introduction to… LEONCAVALLO Pagliacci

 

1. Background - Introduction

00:02:38

 

2. Background - Background to Leoncavallo and libretti

00:03:09

 

3. Background - Commedia dell'arte

00:01:28

 

4. Background - Pantaloon, the Doctor, the Bragging Captain

00:03:34

 

5. Background - The Lovers and Harlequin

00:04:07

 

6. Pagliacci - The story's structure; the prologue

00:07:15

 

7. Pagliacci - The opening: the circus is coming

00:04:59

 

8. Pagliacci - Nedda's infidelity

00:03:12

 

9. Pagliacci - Silvio and Nedda

00:05:05

 

10. Pagliacci - Canio: 'Vesti la giubba'

00:04:00

 

11. Pagliacci - Intermezzo: Act I to Act II

00:05:40

 

12. Pagliacci - The play-within-the-play opens

00:04:35

 

13. Pagliacci - Canio (Pagliaccio) returns early

00:03:54

 

14. Pagliacci - The denouement

00:03:53

 

15. Pagliacci - Silvio and Nedda's duet

00:03:56