This aria includes a tradition of letting the voice crack in a sob-note at its climax. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this aria in which Canio bemoans having to perform immediately after hearing of his wife’s infidelity. This aria’s title expresses the sentiment that “the show must go on.”
ANSWER: “Vesti la giubba” [prompt on “Put on the Costume” or “On With the Motley”]
[10e] Canio is a member of this profession, which titles the Leoncavallo opera in which he appears. In “Vesti la giubba,” he puts on the makeup of this profession and tells himself to “turn your distress and tears into jokes.”
ANSWER: clown [accept Pagliacci or il pagliacco; prompt on pierrot or commedia dell’arte actor; prompt on circus performer]
[10h] This tenor’s 1902 recording of “Vesti la giubba” was the first record to sell more than a million copies. This prolific Italian tenor was extorted by two Black Hand gangsters, whom he later helped apprehend.
ANSWER: Enrico Caruso
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