Paul Groves was a child when he first heard that classic, mournful tenor aria usually sung by a clown on opera stages. The song — specifically one of its passages — is usually recognized even by those ...

Ozarks Lyric Opera’s production of Pagliacci will begin with the traditional entrance of the troupe along with the famous “Vesti la giubba” clown aria, and a three-minute film of the cast, ...

Although she's starring in one of opera's most memorable tragedies, Bonnie Frauenthal is happily returning to her college town — even if she has to fly halfway around the world to get back to Oklahoma ...

San Diego Opera opened its 2025-26 season on a Halloween night with an appropriately disturbing opera about a murderous clown. Its unsavory plot hasn’t kept Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci from ...

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, ...

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 ...

Ask the average Seattleite what they think of when they hear the word pagliacci and they’re almost guaranteed to answer “pizza”—or, maybe, “class action lawsuit.” One hundred years ago, though, the ...

"Pagliacci" was a hit when it premiered in Milan in 1892. With its beautiful musical score - including a killer aria for tenor - and a skillful libretto filled with painful human emotions and a ...