The scene takes place an August afternoon in a village of Calabria. In Pagliacci, the author uses the “mise en abyme” process of the dramatic action: The fiction get mixed up with reality when one of the actors takes advantage of the play to settle accounts with his wife’s lover. The music is composed in the “verismo” style, close to Naturalism.
Performed by l’Orchestre National d’Ile de France, musical direction by Enrique Mazzola.