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Opera in a prologue and two acts
Words and music by Leoncavallo on gramophone records
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF LA SCALA. MILAN Conducted by LOVRO VON MATACIC
The action takes place In the 1860s on the outskirts of a village in Calabria
This backstage drama of love and Jealousy Is based on an actual murder case. The roles of Nedda. Canto, and Tonio. in the play performed by the strolling players in Act 2, exactly parallel their real-life situation (revealed In Act 1). Nedda's lover is in the audience. and Canlo. interrupting the play, stabs him dead and announces * The comedy Is ended.'

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La Scala. Milan
Conducted By:
Lovro von Matacic
Source: Radio Times

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