Leoncavallo

Japanese: レオンカバロ

Italian composer. Also known as Leoncavallo. Graduated from the Naples Conservatory. He wrote operas at a young age, but was unable to get them performed, so for a long time he traveled around Europe, making a living as a music teacher and cafe pianist. Inspired by the success of Mascagni's opera Cavalleria Rusticana (premiered in 1890), he wrote the libretto himself, and his work Pagliacci (1892, premiered under Toscanini's direction), which was a huge success and brought him instant fame. Based on a true story of ordinary people's lives, the work's clever use of the play-within-a-play script and the skillful use of the orchestra to create dramatic effects, made this work, along with Mascagni's works, the greatest achievement of verismo opera. He later produced masterpieces such as La Bohème (1897), based on the same original work as Puccini's work, and in his later years he also tried his hand at operetta. → Giordano → Related items La Bohème

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Japanese:

イタリアの作曲家。レオンカバッロとも。ナポリ音楽院出身。若くして書き上げたオペラが上演の機会を得られず，長らくヨーロッパ各地を巡って音楽教師やカフェのピアニストとして生計を立てた。マスカーニのオペラ《カバレリア・ルスティカーナ》（1890年初演）の成功に刺激され，自ら台本も書いた《パリアッチ（道化師）》（1892年，トスカニーニの指揮で初演）が大成功をおさめ，一躍名声を獲得。庶民生活の実話に材をとり，劇中劇の趣向をこらした台本の妙と管弦楽の巧みな扱いが劇的効果を生むこの作品は，マスカーニの作品とともにベリズモ・オペラ（ベリズモ）の最高の成果となった。その後，プッチーニの作品と同じ原作による《ラ・ボエーム》（1897年）などの秀作を生み，晩年はオペレッタにも手を染めた。→ジョルダーノ
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