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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.
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 audience, not realizing it was real, claps until Canio screams at them, “the comedy is ended.”
Nedda wonders what he might mean. Do you suspect her? the guys ask; in a much slower tempo, Canio assures the villagers that he adores his wife, and, to prove it, kisses her.
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.
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The curtain rises on two mimes, representing comedy and tragedy, as they open a large trunk to reveal Tonio. Tonio, costumed as Taddeo, plays the fool in their touring production Commedia. Tonio emplores the audience to remember the humanity of the players and that they too experience the highs and lows of life, even while they’re dressed as clowns...
The commedia troupe enters the village of Calabria and the villagers cheer. The players have come to town! Canio, his wife Nedda, and the actors Tonio and Beppe, exit their caravan to greet the excited villagers. Canio invites the whole crowd to their show that evening. The cast heads over to the tavern, but not before Canio admonishes a local for ...
As the crowd of villagers arrive, Nedda, dressed as Colombina, collects money for admission. The eager crowd has no idea how life on-stage is about to mimic life behind-the-scenes. In their play, Pagliacci, Colombina’s husband is away, so her lover Arlecchino (Beppe) takes the opportunity to serenade her. During his tune, Taddeo (Tonio) arrives and...
Mar 5, 2018 · Canio grabs a knife and stabs Nedda and then Silvio, who has rushed to the stage to defend her. As the lovers die before the horrified audience, Canio announces “La commedia è finita!”—”The comedy is finished!”. Tags. Leoncavallo | Pagliacci.
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Dec 12, 2022 · Canio wants the name, and when Nedda refuses to tell him things go terribly wrong. In Leoncavallo’s score, it is Tonio who speaks the last phrase, but modern productions often have Canio saying: – La commedia è finita!
