Jul
15

Joseph Mechavich

Conductor

Pagliacci

Mill City Summer Opera

Minneapolis, MN

Joseph Mechavich: Conductor

Pagliacci (The Clowns) is an opera with a Prologue and two acts written by Leoncavallo to his own libretto. The setting of the opera is the Italian village of Calabria on the day of the Feast of Assumption in the late 1860′s. The story recounts the story of a jealous husband in a commedia dell’arte troupe. The opera is well-known for being the first opera to incorporate a play within a play. Tickets & Information