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I Pagliacci

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Canio, leader of a troupe of strolling players, loves his young wife Nedda, but she is more interested in Silvio.
Under the cover of a play acted out for the local audience, Nedda promises to meet her lover. Canio can bear it no longer and stabs first Nedda, then Silvio.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, conductor Simone Young.
Texaco supports the Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. which is broadcast on Radio 3 through the EBU

Contributors

Conductor:
Simone Young.
Nedda:
Diana Soviero (soprano)
Canio:
Johan Botha (tenor)
Tonio:
Leo Nucci (tenor)
Silvio:
Anthony Michaels-Mooore (baritone)
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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