Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Brilliant Opera Collection) [CD de audio] Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling , Robert Shaw Chor

The plot of the opera 'Pagliacci' by Ruggiero Leoncavallo is based on a real event that occurred in Montalto, Calabria, where his father worked as a judge. Leoncavallo wrote the opera in a very short time and in 1892 it was a triumphant success at the Scala in Milan. The printer Edoardo Sonzogno, from a famous music and sheet music publishing house, had the work distributed in all the main opera houses in the world. In London, Berlin, Vienna, Moscow and New York, opera audiences were enthusiastic from the first performance with this fun work, which with a good libretto makes the music even more attractive. The legendary tenor Enrico Caruso was one of the most popular singers who had 'Pagliacci' in their repertoire. Caruso sang Pagliacci's famous aria as one of the first recordings in the history of the gramophone. The work is one of the main works of verismo opera and is performed here with world-class singers.