Opera - Pagliacci


Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)

Pagliacci 79:45
The Touring Company
Opera in a prologue and two acts
Prologue
1 'Hello . . . Hello' . . . 8:12
Tonio
Act I
2 Chorus: 'Hey! They're back! They're Back!' 2:58
Chorus, Canio, Beppe
3 Aria: 'Your most humble servant' 2:48
Canio, Chorus, Beppe, Tonio
4 Cantabile: 'If he tried it I promise you' 3:09
Canio, Nedda, Chorus
5 Chorus: 'You hear them playing?' 4:10
Chorus, Canio
6 Introduction: 'The ugly look he gave me' 2:44
Nedda
7 Aria: 'Swallow, fly away' 2:23
Nedda
8 Duet: 'It's you! I thought that you had gone with Canio' 5:02
Nedda, Tonio
9 Duet: 'Nedda!' . . . 1:280
Silvio, Nedda
10 'Why do you go on with this tormented life?' 2:44
Silvio, Nedda
11 'I must be strong' 3:19
Nedda, Silvio, Tonio
12 'How can you tell me you ever loved me' 4:18
Silvio, Nedda
13 'Be very careful, and then we can surprise them' 5:00
Tonio, Silvio, Nedda, Canio, Beppe
14 Introduction: 'Go on stage . . .' 0:46
Canio
15 Aria: 'Put on your costume' 2:59
Canio
16 Intermezzo 3:45
Act II
17 'Ohe! Ohe! Quickly! Hurry!' 4:07
Chorus, Tonio, Beppe, Silvio, Nedda
18 'Paggliaccio. That's my husband' 1:40
Nedda (Columbina)
19 Serenade: 'O Columbina' 2:45
Beppe (Harlequin), Columbina
20 'She's waiting. She is a goddess!' 3:50
Tonio (Taddeo), Columbina
21 'Arlecchin!' 'Columbina' 1:57
Columbina, Harlequin, Taddeo
22 'Pour the potion in his glass at midnight' 3:04
Harlequin, Columbina (Nedda), Pagliaccio (Canio), Tonio
23 Aria: 'No, we're not in a play!' 6:31
Canio, Chorus, Silvio, Nedda, Beppe, Tonio


Alan Opie baritone - Tonio
The Play
Dennis O'Neill tenor - Canio
Peter Bronder tenor - Beppe
Rosa Mannion soprano - Nedda
William Dazeley baritone - Silvio
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Peter Kay Children`s Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra
David Parry
Brad Cohen (assistant conductor)
Recorded in:
Blackheath Halls, London
7-10 August 1997
Producer(s)
Brian Couzens
Sound Engineer(s)
Ben Connellan
Richard Smoker
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 20 Bit