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Canio chases Silvio, but does not catch him and does not see his face. He demands that Nedda tell him the name of her lover, but she refuses. He threatens her with a knife, but Beppe disarms him.
As Canio tells Nedda just before he stabs her, “A man has little but his honor. And when it’s taken from him, only blood can restore it!” The magnificent score makes the pain of every one of these characters palpable and searing, and I have tried to imbue my translation with it as well. In the end, there is nothing but shock and sadness.
In an act of revenge, Tonio tells Canio that Nedda is having an affair like he suspected. During a performance, Canio confronts Nedda, and stabs her. Silvio attempts to save Nedda, running up on stage, but gets stabbed by Canio as well.
The woman, who is played by Nedda, meets her lover while her husband, who is played by Canio, is absent, and her husband comes home soon. Canio was out of his senses. In the middle of his play, he strongly asks, “Tell me his name!” but his wife refuses to answer.
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.
audience. Canio viciously stabs Nedda screaming at her to say her lover’s name before she dies. With her dying breath, Nedda cries out to Silvio for help. Silvio rushes forward out of the crowd to save Nedda. He is immediately stabbed and killed by Canio. The audience is horrified, announcing “La commedia è finita! (The comedy is finished ...
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Apr 16, 2023 · Canio breaks character and demands that Nedda tell him who her lover is. In a jealous rage, he stabs and kills Nedda on stage. Silvio rushes to help her, and Canio kills him, too.
