Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ruggero Leoncavallo (23 April 1857 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer. His opera Pagliacci remains one of the most popular works in the operatic repertory, appearing as number 14 on Opera America''s 2007 list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America. The son of a police magistrate, Leoncavallo was born in Naples on 23 April 1857 and educated at the ci ...