Photos from the UTPB Music Department’s dress rehearsal of the Italian opera “I Pagliacci” or “The Clowns” Tuesday evening at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center’s REA-Greathouse Recital Hall. “I ...

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 ...

University of Texas Permian Basin will host a classic Italian opera this week — with English narration. “I Pagliacci,” or “The Clowns,” takes the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2:30 ...

‘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 ...

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, ...

‘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 ...

My primary conclusion after seeing Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s I Pagliacci and Enrique Granados’s Goyescas at the Central City Opera was that hearing singers of this caliber in a reasonably-sized ...