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Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
1932
Language
Italian

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Stage Director(s)

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

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."