biography
| name: |
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
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pronunciation:
[leeonkavaloh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1857–1919)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in Naples, SW Italy. He studied at Naples Conservatory, and earned his living as a pianist and giving singing lessons. His only major success was the opera I Pagliacci (1892). His La Bohème suffered by comparison with Puccini's on the same theme. |
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