Composer Profile: Ruggero Leoncavallo, The Man Behind ‘Pagliacci’
Ruggero Leoncavallo, born on April 23, 1857, is renowned today because of the success of his very first opera. The composer showed great abilities as a pianist from a young age and spent some time in Egypt as a pianist and teacher. However, he quickly departed to Paris when revolts broke out. In France’s capital city, Leoncavallo secured work as {…}