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Colombina's husband Pagliaccio has gone away until morning, and Taddeo is at the market. Alone, she anxiously awaits her lover Arlecchino, who comes to serenade her ("O Colombina") from beneath her window. Taddeo returns and confesses his love, but she mocks him. She lets Arlecchino in through the window.
This opens and Tonio enters in the costume of the servant Taddeo, with a well-laden basket on his left arm. He stops to gaze at Nedda with a mock-tragic air. TADDEO
- 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...
Ruggero Leoncavallo - Pagliacci (English) 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. Beppe, actor (Arlecchino, Colombina's lover) - tenor.
But Pagliaccio contradicts that sense of “happiness” by singing a C# above the G major tonality; medieval scholars considered the augmented 4 th to be “the devil in music.” Colombina’s defense is initially harmonically confused, but all becomes clear when she says that Taddeo was her dinner partner.
(Taddeo) Quell’io sono, sì! NEDDA (Colombina) E Pagliaccio è partito? TONIO (Taddeo) Egli partì! NEDDA (Columbine) Harlequin is waiting, and the hour is near for the agreed signal! (Nedda sits at the table, her back towards the door. Enter Tonio, dressed as the servant Taddeo. Unseen by Nedda, he pauses a moment to admire her.) TONIO ...
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Colombina’s husband Pagliaccio has gone away until morning, and Taddeo is at the market. She anxiously awaits her lover Arlecchino, who soon serenades her from beneath her window. Taddeo returns and confesses his love, but she mocks him and lets in Arlecchino through the window.
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