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Leoncavallo
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Le·on·ca·val·lo  (ln-k-väl, -kä-väl-), Ruggiero 1858-1919.
Italian composer who wrote the opera Pagliacci (1892).

Leoncavallo (Italian) [leoŋkaˈvallo]
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(Biographies / Leoncavallo, Ruggiero (1858-1919) M, Italian, MUSIC: composer) Ruggiero (rudˈdʒɛːro). 1858-1919, Italian composer of operas, notably I Pagliacci (1892)


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Suor Angel ica by Giacomo Puccini tells the sad story of a woman's desire to find her child, and Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo is the work that turned him into an instant celebrity in Milan.
Ridgley, a Van Nuys resident, appears in director Franco Zeffirelli's updated version of the Ruggero Leoncavallo opera standard as a juggling clown perched atop a unicycle, one of 150 supporting characters.
 
 
 
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