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• Leoncavallo: Pagliacci | DVD | (19/11/2012) from £14.72   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Leoncavallo's often-performed short opera uses the play-within-a play device to explore the classic operatic themes of passion, adultery, jealousy and revenge. The great tenor aria, Vesti la giubba, expresses the anguish of the cuckolded husband who, as a performing clown, must make others laugh even as his heart is breaking. Zeffirelli's production is set in a contemporary urban environment, with fire eaters, children, animals, jugglers and acrobats. Pl�cido Domingo, showing that he is argua...