Pagliacci | Opera Synopsis | Avi Green

This week there is no time for clowning around! We have to discuss the Pagliacci plot. (Leoncavallo's one hit wonder!)

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[VivsGreen]

What synopsis would you like to see next?? ☕️🎶🥕

[demonEyenj]

I hope you come back and create more videos. Looks like you had fun with this and I gained an interest in this opera after rediscovering Vesti la giubba; i appreciate synopsis of this great piece of work!

[ralsei]

I know this is a sort of old video but thank you! You explained the story in a very easy to understand way!

[LoveMusic-pdiz]

I'd love to see a review of what's wrong with Leoncavallo's other operas!

[asherxslasher]

Thank you for this, I wanted to watch the opera with out having to look up what was happening mid scene!

[razzking]

Note: For decades I thought "A ventitre ore" in fact meant 11:00pm and found it odd that 19th century rural townsfolk and farmers would go see a play at 11:00pm and come home at 1:00am. There was no artificial light then except for torches. There had to be another explanation. It's a Farmer's way of telling time. They weren't tied to "clock time." Day and night were defined by sunrise and sunset, not 1200 am. Ergo, "a ventitre ore/the 23rd hour" means One hour before sunset. Factor in maybe 45 mins for Civil Twilight at that latitude there's enough time for a short, light comedy and a walk or buggy ride home before it's really dark. Also, I think they planned these shows for a full moon. They knew people needed moonlight to get home. So, moonrise/moonset drove when the show would be in town. The weeks with no moonlight were for rest, rehearsal, and travel.

[rayati]

I was going to give clarification on the "ventitre ore" thing, but I see this has already been done. For this Halloween, I'm planning to dress up as Paganini and watch a production of Gounod's Faust online while eating candy corn. Great video, btw!

[thetoycollectorofseville]

Maybe for a Christmas special you should sing the song "Silent Night" in all the languages you've sung operas in. It's one of the most "operatic" carols out there.

[JacobMinger]

I just finished watching the 2015 Royal Opera House production that modernized the setting. It did some weird stuff with the Play within the Play in the second act but I found it enthralling and I may use the combination of Cav and Pag to introduce a friend to Opera. I loved both of these operas.

[mangokraken]

Bojack horseman and the crying clown painting, also when he blurs the lines between his show Philburt and almost kills his lover. I see the inspiration.

[theforceq]

The Tears Of A Clown by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles was created in 1967 and based around Pagliacci

[rogercraven]

I am legally antique and have just recently truly giving myself to Opera. No I'm sorry I truly give It up to myself, truly accepted opera? Anyway I want to speak one language so thank God there are subtitles and I am looking forward to going to Atlanta soon to see my first live Opera. You are hilarious and I appreciate your review. I think after I learn more about it I'll probably be able to come back and watch this again and enjoy even more.
Something about you being sad when you put on the makeup for about you applying the makeup and being sad at that particular point.
But now I'm rambling keep up the good work I'm subscribed and looking forward to learning more. Thank you

[tomiwaaina]

Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up." Man bursts into tears. Says, "But doctor...I am Pagliacci.

[ricardohs]

A video of a kid who got hit by a girl on a swing soundtracked to the pagliacho song gave me an existential crisis that ended up with me here

[TristanMA]

In my view of Pagliacci, the ending is like Ragnarök (The final destiny of the Norse Gods), and I have paired it with Fokine's choreography for the Ballets Russes version of Rimsky-korsakov's Scheherazade.

[yanasungar]

Thank you. My mom always played a song called "The greatest performance of my life"
Sung by Nancy Wilson. She flew to visit me this labor day weekend. And we were listening to Nancy. As always. We sing along...and that line in the song..." Like pagliacci..." Came but for the first time....we were wondering what it meant to the song....
And I saw your post....found by basic research...and
Thank you.
Also...
Wow

[_rnky]

Why did I think seinfeld made up this just for the show

[BlueBoxMadMan]

Interesting. In the version I watched online Canyo unalives himself after killing his wife and her lover at the end for some reason.

[ivankolobov]

A great video, but year interpretation of the prologue is completely wrong, it’s actually the exact opposite of what you said

[jamesdelrogers]

Vampires playing actors playing actors playing vampires, hummm