# Stupid Opera Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-opera-question/567287>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 12, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-opera-question/567287 "2011-01-12T00:20:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jormungandr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-opera-question/567287/1 "2011-01-12T00:20:05Z")

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What the opera with the sad clown? 😕

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**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-opera-question/567287/2 "2011-01-12T00:25:32Z")

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Pagliacci, by Leoncavallo.

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**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-opera-question/567287/3 "2011-01-12T21:33:35Z")

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If a production of “I Pagliacci” coupled with Mascagni’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” comes to your local area, don’t miss it. You’ll be gob-smacked by ‘verismo’ at its best… and the music and singing are good, too.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-opera-question/567287/4 "2011-01-12T21:52:10Z")

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[Obligatory Spike Jones link.](http://dmdb.org/lyrics/spike.jones.html#15)