Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana Opera Posters & Prints
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Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni and Pagliacci (Clowns) by Ruggero Leoncavallo, are short one and two act operas usually performed together, and are among the most performed operas in North America. Pagliacci is Leoncavallo's only successful opera and in the Marx Brothers film A Night at the Opera, the character Lassparri has just finished performing Pagliacci.

Cavalleria Rusticana

Cavalleria Rusticana, Francesco Merli as Turiddu and Bianca Scacciati as Santuzza in the Production, Giclee Print

Cavalleria Rusticana

Cavalleria Rusticana at la Scala, Milan, Giclee Print

Canio Making to Stab his Wife

I Pagliacci Act 1: Canio Making to Stab His Wife, Giclee Print

Entrance of Pagliacci

Pagliacci Act 1: The Entrance of I Pagliacci, Giclee Print

Last Scene

I Pagliacci Act 2: Last Scene, Giclee Print

Watching "The Clowns"

Watching "I Pagliacci" (The Clowns) from a Private Box at Covent Garden London, Giclee Print

Ruggero Leoncavallo

Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian Opera Composer
b. 4-23-1857; Italy
d. 8-9-1919

Pietro Mascagni

Pietro Mascagni / TIME Cover: September 6, 1926
TIME Magazine
b. 12-7-1863; Italy
d. 8-2-1945

A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera,
Marx Brothers, Movie Reprint Poster