Leoncavallo
Rug·gie·ro [rood-je-raw], /rudˈdʒɛ rɔ/, 1858–1919, Italian operatic composer and librettist.
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Did you ever hear of Leoncavallo, Verdi, or that there is such a thing as a Russian composer?
Stover at Yale | Owen JohnsonLeoncavallo set the same story to music, writing the book himself.
Giacomo Puccini | Wakeling DryIt was the first time that Lancaster had heard Leoncavallo's opera.
Cape of Storms | Percival PollardLeoncavallo's music is conceived in a totally different mood from that of Puccini.
The Opera | R.A. StreatfeildAmong the notable successes which have been first launched at this theatre is Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci.
Giacomo Puccini | Wakeling Dry
British Dictionary definitions for Leoncavallo
/ (Italian leoŋkaˈvallo) /
Ruggiero (rudˈdʒɛːro). 1858–1919, Italian composer of operas, notably I Pagliacci (1892)
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