Leoncavallo

American  

[le-awn-kah-vahl-law] / lɛˌɔn kɑˈvɑl lɔ /

noun

1. Ruggiero 1858–1919, Italian operatic composer and librettist.

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Leoncavallo British  

/ leoŋkaˈvallo /

noun

1. Ruggiero (rudˈdʒɛːro). 1858–1919, Italian composer of operas, notably I Pagliacci (1892)

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Example Sentences

The title of which opera composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo literally means Clowns?

From Slate • Jul. 3, 2023

Her impeccable technique is wielded to potent, expressive effect in trademark roles like Violetta from “La Traviata”; excerpts from Donizetti’s “Rosmonda d’Inghilterra”; and selections by Bellini, Puccini and Leoncavallo.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2015

But Leoncavallo also gives us theatrical self-referentiality, a classic mise en abyme.

From The New Yorker • May 4, 2015

Leoncavallo meant masked expressions to be unmasked by music.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2014

Only the critic in his study ought here to think of the parallel scene which Leoncavallo sought to create in his opera.

From A Second Book of Operas by Krehbiel, Henry Edward