Leoncavallo Ruggero Leoncavallo

Ruggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo (Italian pronunciation: [rudˈdʒɛːro leoŋkaˈvallo]; 23 April 1857 – 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Although he produced numerous operas and other songs throughout his career it is his opera Pagliacci (1892) that remained his lasting contribution, despite attempts to escape the shadow of his greatest success.

Today he remains largely known for Pagliacci, one of the most popular works in the repertory, appearing as number 20 on the Operabase list of the most-performed operas worldwide in the 2013/14 season. His other well-known works include the song "Mattinata", popularized by Enrico Caruso, as well as the symphonic poem La nuit de mai.

Operas

• Pagliacci – 21 May 1892, Teatro Dal Verme, Milan.
• I Medici – 9 November 1893, Teatro Dal Verme, Milan). (The first part of the uncompleted trilogy, Crepusculum.)
• Chatterton – 10 March 1896, Teatro Argentina, Rome. (Revision of a work written in 1876.)
• La bohème – 6 May 1897, Teatro La Fenice, Venice.
• Zazà – 10 November 1900, Teatro Lirico, Milan.
• Der Roland von Berlin – 13 December 1904, Städtische Oper, Berlin.
• Maïa – 15 January 1910, Teatro Costanzi, Rome.
• Zingari – 16 September 1912, Hippodrome, London.
• Mimi Pinson – 1913, Teatro Massimo, Palermo. (Revision of La bohème.)
• Goffredo Mameli – 27 April 1916, Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa. (Note that the Fondazione Leoncavallo classes this as an opera rather than an operetta.)
• Edipo re – 13 December 1920, Chicago Opera. (Produced after the composer's death, at very least orchestration not by Leoncavallo, completed or perhaps composed by Giovanni Pennacchio)

Operettas

• La jeunesse de Figaro – 1906, USA
• Malbrouck – 19 January 1910, Teatro Nazionale, Rome.
• La reginetta delle rose – 24 June 1912, Teatro Costanzi, Rome.
• Are You There? – 1 November 1913, Prince of Wales Theatre, London.
• La candidata – 6 February 1915, Teatro Nazionale, Rome.
• Prestami tua moglie – 2 September 1916, Casino delle Terme, Montecatini. (English title: Lend me your wife.)
• A chi la giarrettiera? – 16 October 1919, Teatro Adriano, Rome. (English title: Whose Garter Is This?) Produced after the composer's death.
• Il primo bacio – 29 April 1923 Salone di cura, Montecatini. Produced after the composer's death.
• La maschera nuda – 26 June 1925 Teatro Politeama, Naples. Produced after the composer's death.