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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.
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.
la corte a Nedda!” (“pay court to Nedda!”) Canio responds with a beautiful and revelatory Cantabile (“Un tal gioco, credetemi”), in which he differentiates the jests of the Commedia dell’Arte from real life, where he would never permit such behaviour. His warning (“Ma se Nedda sul serio sorprendessi…”) is
With one bounce Canio is at the wall: Nedda throws herself before him, but after a brief struggle he pushes her aside, vaults over the wall and disappears. Tonio stays on the left looking at Nedda, who, as if nailed to the wall, tries to hear if there is any sound of a struggle.
- First Act – on with The Show! Begin!
- Nedda’S issues.
- Canio’s issues.
In the middle of the square, the villagers are singing, drinking, and having a good time. It’s Ferragosto, and everybody is free. A newly arrived theater company presents their performance later that evening. Canio sings: – Un grande spettacolo. A ventitré ore…(A great show. At eleven this evening.) If you are observant, you should be able to notic...
Nedda alone sings: – Qual fiamma avea nel guardo… Hui! Stridono Lassù. A long and demanding aria for soprano. At the very beginning, we hear the love theme. But not the love between Canio and Nedda, because the young woman has another lover… A boy from the village whose name is Silvio. The second part of the aria is about the swallows in the sky, a...
But Tonio has seen them, and he’s gone to fetch Canio. And the husband jumps out furious and ready to commit the ultimate crime. Silvio escapes and Canio do not see his face. He then turns to Nedda, and with increasing rage, he demands the name of her lover. With his knife raised, he comes at her. – Il nome, il nome, non tardare, o donna! (The name...
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.
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CANIO, (Riverenza.) La Folla. Verremo, e tu serbaci il tuo buon umore, A ventitré ore! A ventitré ore! ‘Tonio si avanza per ajutar Nedda a discendere dal carretto, ma Canio, che é gia saltato giu, gli da un ceffone dicendo.) Via da li. (Poi prende fra le braccia Nedda e la de uone, a terra.) CANIO.
