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Poster Design by Melanie Fabrizius
Show dates: October 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, 2021
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1858-1919)
Pagliacci
The Clowns
Composed 1892
Libretto by the composer (in Italian)
Pagliacci will be sung in English with supertitles
Director - Michelle
Berger
Stage manager - Karla
Stricker
Costumes - Glenda
Brauneis
CAST
Canio - Luke Murray
Nedda - Drew
Murray
Tonio- Jan
Michael Kliewer
Silvio - Kieran
Beebe
Beppe-
Seth Eldridge
SYNOPSIS
A dramatic tale of love and betrayal, Pagliacci
revolves around a commedia del arte troupe.
Canio and Nedda are married, and the leads in the
troupe along with Tonio and Beppe, however Nedda is
secretly having an affair with Silvio.
Fearing Canio’s anger, Nedda continues to hide the
affair, and even goes as far to attempt to break it
off with Silvio.
Silvio and Nedda’s love is strong, however, and they
plan to run away together. Tonio, also in love with
Nedda, confesses his love for her, but she turns him
away, shaming him.
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 audience, not realizing it was real, claps until
Canio screams at them, “the comedy is ended.”
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