What is Pagliacci?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Enrico Caruso As Canio.jpg|thumb|Caruso as Canio]] '''''I pagliacci''''' or '''''Pagliacci''''' ({{lang-en|The Players}}) is a short two-act [[opera]] with [[libretto]] and music by [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]]. It was first performed in the Teatro Dal Verme in [[Milan]], [[Italy]] on May 21, 1892. It was conducted by [[Arturo Toscanini]]. The opera is about an adulterous love affair between the wife of a traveling actor and a village man that ends in the murders of both. The role of Canio became [[Enrico Caruso]]'s signature role. ''Pagliacci'' is the only opera by Leoncavallo still performed. It is usually paired with [[Pietro Mascagni]]'s ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]''. [[Category:1890s operas]] {{multistub|performing-arts|music}}