Leoncavallo
Sunday Classics preview: In "I Pagliacci," is it so surprising that Nedda would choose the mysterious Silvio over her husband?
Tonight we hear a chunk of the 1934 recording of Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci built around the great tenor Beniamino Gigli.by KenIn last week's Pagliacci post, we left Nedda in a state, after fending off the unwelcome advances of her troupemate, the hunchback clown Tonio.
Sunday Classics: In "I Pagliacci," we come now to a moment of high drama for Nedda and Tonio
Sine Bundgaard as Nedda and Fredrik Zetterström as Tonio in Copenhagen, December 2011 -- there are full English texts farther along in the post.To deal for now with just the beginning:
Sunday Classics preview: Finally we hear two-minute samples from Nedda's encounters with the two baritones of "I Pagliacci"
Lawrence Tibbett sings the Pagliacci Prologue from the 1935 film Metropolitan.LEONCAVALLO: I Pagliacci: Prologue: conclusion
Sunday Classics: Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" and the woman who understood the birds' song
Elizabeth Futral does her best at singing while she histrionicizes Nedda's recitative and Balatella. The chunk of recitative below, the first of three, occupies the first 57 seconds of the clip.(1) "Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!"
