Ruggero Leoncavallo

Ruggero Leoncavallo
Leoncavallo on a 1910 postcard
Born
Ruggiero Giacomo Maria Giuseppe Emmanuele Raffaele Domenico Vincenzo Francesco Donato Leoncavallo[1]

(1857-04-23)23 April 1857
Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Died9 August 1919(1919-08-09) (aged 62)
Montecatini Terme, Kingdom of Italy
Occupation(s)Opera composer and librettist

Ruggero (or Ruggiero)[a] Leoncavallo (UK: /ˌleɪɒnkæˈvæloʊ/ LAY-on-kav-AL-oh,[4] US: /ˌleɪoʊnkəˈvɑːloʊ, -kɑːˈ-/ LAY-ohn-kə-VAH-loh, -⁠kah-,[5][6] Italian: [rudˈdʒɛːro leˌoŋkaˈvallo]; 23 April 1857 – 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Throughout his career, Leoncavallo produced numerous operas and songs but it his 1892 opera Pagliacci that remained his lasting contribution, despite attempts to escape the shadow of his greatest success.

Today Pagliacci, continues to be his most famous opera and one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the operatic repertory. His other notable compositions include the song "Mattinata", popularized by Enrico Caruso, and the symphonic poem La Nuit de mai.

  1. ^ "Leoncavallo". Archived from the original on 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
  2. ^ Dryden (2007) pg. 4.
  3. ^ Fondazione Ruggero Leoncavallo Archived 2018-05-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "Leoncavallo, Ruggiero". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2021-03-08.
  5. ^ "Leoncavallo". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Leoncavallo". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 21 May 2019.


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