Pagliacci may be the most completely compelling short opera in the repertory and owes much of its impact to a brilliant story based, it is said, on true life and told through the device of a play within a play. The action is set in Calabria in the deep south of Italy where the jealousies and illicit passions of a troupe of strolling actors precisely intersect with the play they are performing – to both touching and tragic effect. Leoncavallo was his own librettist, and his literary skills, allied to great melodic creativity, guarantee that in its two short acts Pagliacci – ‘Clowns’ – delivers an overwhelming emotional experience.
© 2014 Naxos Audiobooks (Hörbuch): 9781843793250
Erscheinungsdatum
Hörbuch: 1. Mai 2014
Tags
Pagliacci may be the most completely compelling short opera in the repertory and owes much of its impact to a brilliant story based, it is said, on true life and told through the device of a play within a play. The action is set in Calabria in the deep south of Italy where the jealousies and illicit passions of a troupe of strolling actors precisely intersect with the play they are performing – to both touching and tragic effect. Leoncavallo was his own librettist, and his literary skills, allied to great melodic creativity, guarantee that in its two short acts Pagliacci – ‘Clowns’ – delivers an overwhelming emotional experience.
© 2014 Naxos Audiobooks (Hörbuch): 9781843793250
Erscheinungsdatum
Hörbuch: 1. Mai 2014
Tags
Tritt ein in eine Welt voller Geschichten
Basierend auf 3 Bewertungen
Denkanstoß
Spannend
Schlau
Lade die App herunter, um Bewertungen abzugeben
Deutsch
Deutschland