PAGLIACCI

Minnesota Opera

MUSIC AND LIBRETTO BY RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO

MAY 9 – 17, Ordway center for the arts

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The show must go on, but how? For Canio and his traveling troupe, painted smiles and colorful costumes belie infidelity and betrayal. The façade is shattered when a hidden affair is revealed and a lighthearted night at the theater gives way to jealousy, suspicion, and ultimately violence. As the line between performance and reality blurs and the drama onstage begins to mirror the turmoil offstage, Pagliacci begs the question—does art imitate life, or does life imitate art?

Saturday, May 9 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 10 at 2pm
Thursday, May 14 at 7:30pm
Saturday, May 16 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 17 at 2:00pm