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He has a wife, Nedda, who is lusted after by the villain Tonio and truly loved by a local boy called Silvio. When Nedda rejects Tonio’s advances and is spied in Silvio’s embrace, Tonio tells all to husband Canio and the stage is set – literally – for double murder and deep tragedy.
Nedda is frightened by Canio's vehemence ("Qual fiamma avea nel guardo"), but the birdsong comforts her ("Stridono lassù"). Tonio returns and confesses his love for her, but she laughs. Enraged, Tonio grabs Nedda, but she takes a whip, strikes him and drives him off.
Canio is drunk, and erratically attempts to carry on with the clown show. With an intentional undercurrent of malice, Taddeo sarcastically assures Pagliaccio of his wife's innocence, intentionally fueling Canio's real-life jealousy. Straying from the script, Canio demands that Nedda reveal her lover's name.
One of the villagers invites Canio to join them for a drink at their local watering-hole; he accepts, as does Beppe; Tonio refuses, saying he has to take care of the donkey. Which prompts the villager to suggest, jokingly, that Tonio wants to stay behind to seduce Nedda. Not a good idea, sings Canio. “Stage” life and “real” life are ...
Epoca presente, fra il 1865 e il 1870. Roles / Prologue. Canio, head of the troupe (Role in Commedia: Pagliaccio) - tenor. Nedda, Canio's wife, in love with Silvio (Colombina, Pagliaccio's wife, in love with Arlecchino) - soprano. Tonio, the fool (Taddeo) - baritone.
clown Canio drops his knife and stands dumbfounded over the corpses of his wife Nedda and her lover Silvio. The crowd, paralyzed after witnessing two almost instantaneous deaths as the finale to what was supposed to be a light-hearted piece of entertainment, has just shouted its futile " Gesummaria! Ar-resta!
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CANIO (§gridando verso il fondo). Di’ Tonio, vieni via? Tonio. (di dentro). Io netto il somarello, Precedetemi. Un Contadino (ridendo). Bada, Pagliaccio, ei solo vuol restare per far la corte a Nedda. CANIO (ghignando, ma con cipi§lio), Eh! Eh! vi pare? CANIO (tra il serio e I’ ironico).
