What is Ruggero Leoncavallo?
{{unsourced|date=November 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Ruggero Leoncavallo | image = Leonkavallo Postcard-1910.jpg | alt = | caption = Leoncavallo in 1910 | birth_name = | birth_date = April 23, 1857 | birth_place = [[Naples]], [[Italy]] | death_date = August 9, 1919 | death_place = [[Montecatini Terme]], [[Tuscany]], Italy | nationality = Italian | other_names = | known_for = ''[[I pagliacci]]'' | occupation = [[Librettist]], [[composer]] }} '''Ruggero Leoncavallo''' (April 23, 1857 – August 9, 1919) was an [[Italians|Italian]] [[opera]] [[composer]] and [[librettist]]. He is best known for his 1892 opera, ''[[I pagliacci]]''. In 1906, he toured the [[United States]] with success. He was born in [[Naples]], and died in [[Montecatini Terme]], [[Tuscany]]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Leoncavallo, Ruggero}} [[Category:1857 births]] [[Category:1919 deaths]] [[Category:Entertainers from Campania]] [[Category:20th-century Italian composers]] [[Category:Librettists]] [[Category:Musicians from Naples]] {{bio-stub}}