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1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 01 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
Series |
Opera explained.
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Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Cast |
Read by David Timson. |
Summary |
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. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919. Pagliacci.
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Operas -- Analysis, appreciation.
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Operas -- Stories, plots, etc.
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Added Author |
Timson, David.
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Leoncavallo, Ruggiero, 1858-1919.
Pagliacci. Selections.
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hoopla digital.
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Added Title |
Pagliacci |
ISBN |
9781843793250 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1843793253 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
Music No. |
MWT11137470 |
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