Stephen Barlow changed the setting of this opera to the 1970s in his current production of it.
Stephen Barlow changed the setting of this opera to the 1970s in his current production of it. Foreboding ensues after one character offers to stay behind to groom a donkey. Another character in this opera, which takes place on the Feast of the Assumption, picks up a bullwhip to ward off the advances of a loves truckman and joins in with a singing bird in the aria "Stridono lassu." That character is stabbed to death in this opera's second act, after which her killer declares that "the comedy is over." Canio laments having to act jovial despite being tormented by Nedda's infidelity in this opera's aria "Vesti la Giubba." For 10 points,name this opera that dramatizes the love affairs within a group of circus performers, by Ruggero Leoncavallo.
Stephen Barlow changed the setting of this opera to the 1970s in his current production of it.
I Pagliacci [or Clowns]