Composer
Librettist
Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1932
Language
Italian
Creative/Crew
Cast
Canio, master of the troupe (in the play "Punchinello")
Nedda, his wife (in the play "Columbine")
Tonio, the clown (in the play "Taddeo")
Beppe (in the play "Harlequin")
Silvio, a Villager
Show Dates
Broadcast
Live broadcast, full performance.
Time and Place
Calabria, near Montalto
Scenes
Act I -- Feast of the Assumption; Afternoon
Act II -- Evening
Media
Document
SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1932_07_compressed.pdf
(3.29 MB)
Notes
To access the full production program, click the PDF link above.
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Part II of a double bill; with "Cavalleria Rusticana"
10/22/1932, live broadcast, full performance. "Pagliacci: Claudia Muzio (Nedda), Tandy Mackenzie (Canio), Richard Bonelli (Tonio); Pietro Cimini. The artists agreed to waive their broadcast fee the day before this NBC/KPO broadcast to 11 states. The broadcast started at 9:45 pm and the entirety of Pagliacci was carried over the air; Cavalleria Rusticana was not broadcast."