Pagliacci

Pagliacci is a 1982 Italian film of Ruggiero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci, directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Including Plácido Domingo and Teresa Stratas in the starring roles, all the actors were opera singers who sang their own parts. Pagliacci was shot on location in Vizzini, Sicily, at Milan's La Scala opera house and in a movie sound stage. Georges Prêtre conducted the Orchestra and Choir of La Scala. The story is set in southern Italy and recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown (or pagliaccio in Italian) in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio. When Nedda spurns the advances of Tonio, another player in the troupe, he tells Canio about Nedda's betrayal. In a jealous rage Canio murders both Nedda...