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          He was a writer and composer, known for Moonraker (), The Untouchables () and To Rome with Love ()..

          ItalianADay Ruggero Leoncavallo () was an Italian opera composer and librettist best known for his famous opera, “Pagliacci.” Born.

        1. Following the publication of his biography of Riccardo Zandonai (New York: Lang, ), Dryden has now provided a study of Ruggiero.
        2. He was a writer and composer, known for Moonraker (), The Untouchables () and To Rome with Love ().
        3. Born Riccardo Martin, first donned Canio's greasepaint at the Metropolitan Opera.
        4. Pagliacci, verismo opera with both words and music by Ruggero Leoncavallo.

          5. Ruggero Leoncavallo

          Ruggero Leoncavallo was an Italian Opera composer and librettist. He was born on 23rd April 1857 in Naples, Italy and died on 9th August 1919 in Montrecatini Terme, Tuscany, Italy aged 62.

          Major Works

          “Pagliacci” (Clowns or Players) (1892)
          “La Bohème” (The Bohemians) (1897)
          “Zazà” (1900)
          “Zingari” (1912)

          Biography Timeline

          Ruggero Leoncavallo was born on 23rd April 1857 in Naples, Italy. His father was Vincenzo Leoncavallo, a magistrate and judge.

          As a child the family lived in Montalto Uffugo in Calabria where he was schooled but he returned to Naples to be educated at the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory and gave concerts in cafes and taught piano and singing to earn some money.

          He later went to Bologna University where he studied literature with the poet Giosue Carducci.

          1879: His uncle Giuseppe, who works at the Foreign Ministry in Cairo, asks him to come to Eg