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Leoncavallo died in Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, on 9 August 1919. His funeral was held two days later, with hundreds in attendance, including fellow composer Pietro Mascagni and longtime rival Giacomo Puccini. He was buried in the Cimitero delle Porte Sante in Florence.
Ruggero Leoncavallo (born March 8, 1857/58, Naples—died Aug. 9, 1919, Montecatini Terme, near Florence) was a Neapolitan opera composer whose fame rests on the opera Pagliacci, which, with Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana (1890), represented a reaction against Richard Wagner and against Romantic Italian opera; both works substituted ...
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Ruggero Leoncavallo ( Napoli, 23 aprile 1857 – Montecatini Terme, 9 agosto 1919) è stato un compositore e librettista italiano, autore di opere liriche e operette .
Apr 23, 2019 · Learn about the life and works of Ruggero Leoncavallo, the Italian composer who wrote the famous opera 'Pagliacci' in 1892. Find out how he started as a pianist, moved to Paris, and created 11 operas and operettas.
Jan 5, 2019 · 134K views 5 years ago. From the Philharmonic Hall St. Petersburg, (starts at 0:27 ) On the eve of St. Petersburg 300th birthday, Yuri Temirkanov conducts soprano Anna Netrebko and baritone ...
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Learn about the life and career of Ruggero Leoncavallo, an Italian opera composer and librettist best known for Pagliacci. Discover his other operas, songs, symphonic poems and controversies.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo was an Italian opera composer best known for composing the opera titled Pagliacci. Born into an affluent Italian family, Ruggero was always interested in becoming a pianist and opera composer.
