"Who wrote the opera ""Pagliacci""?"
Pagliacci (1982 film) Although they were filmed together, the "Pagliacci" recording was originally released separately from the soundtrack for "Cavalleria rusticana". Pagliacci (1982 film) Pagliacci is a 1982 Italian film of Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci", directed by Franco Zeffirelli. All the actors, including Plácido Domingo and Teresa Stratas in the starring roles, were opera singers who sang their own parts. "Pagliacci" was shot at Milan's La Scala opera house and on a movie sound stage. Georges Prêtre conducted the Orchestra and Choir of La Scala. The film was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. It was also shown on
Pagliacci The US premiere followed a month later at Grand Opera House in New York on 15 June, with American born tenor Agostino Montegriffo as Canio. The Metropolitan Opera first staged the work on 11 December as a double-bill with "Orfeo ed Euridice", with Nellie Melba in the role of Nedda. The Met again staged "Pagliacci" as a double-bill, this time followed by "Cavalleria rusticana" on 22 December 1893. The two operas have since been frequently performed as a double-bill, a pairing referred to in the operatic world colloquially as 'Cav and Pag'. "Pagliacci" was produced alone in Washington National Opera's