Ask the average Seattleite what they think of when they hear the word pagliacci and they’re almost guaranteed to answer “pizza”—or, maybe, “class action lawsuit.” One hundred years ago, though, the ...

Want to know why some people hate clowns? Check out the Fargo-Moorhead Opera's "I Pagliacci" this weekend. The central character is ground zero for sad, dark, twisted clowns. We don't want to give ...

Although she's starring in one of opera's most memorable tragedies, Bonnie Frauenthal is happily returning to her college town — even if she has to fly halfway around the world to get back to Oklahoma ...

At least once every season, Petaluma's Cinnabar Theater stages a classic opera. This year, the company decided to send in the clown -- not just any clown, but the crown prince of clowns. Ruggero ...

When addressing a general audience about a particular topic, a good rule of thumb is to try to make your talk work for a neophyte inexperienced with the subject while offering some insight to those ...

“But doctor, I am Pagliacci!” — or so the punchline goes. Though the “depressed clown” joke predates Ruggero Leoncavallo’s 1892 opera, after Pagliacci entered the zeitgeist as “that story with the sad ...

3 HELL'S KITCHEN Tour is Coming to The Paramount Theatre in July 4 HELL'S KITCHEN to Open 2026-2027 Broadway In Portland Season at Keller Auditorium Seattle Opera will open its 2024/25 season with the ...

Let’s do some math: a century-old opera unhappy clowns a language other than English. Not your standard equation for indulgent time-wastage. But infidelity murder jealousy totally is, and Pagliacci ...

‘I Pagliacci” or “The Clowns,” set in a traveling circus, is one of the most popular of opera tragedies, full of irresistible music. Ruggero Leoncavallo’s 1892 dramatic tale — he wrote the libretto ...