Canio finds out and becomes angry with his wife; he then expresses distress over having to suppress his grief and play the clown in the commedia dell'arte that night.
Tonio expresses his adoration for Nedda, Canio's wife, while Canio is out for a drink. Nedda, however, plans to run away with Sylvio. Canio finds out and becomes angry with his wife; he then expresses distress over having to suppress his grief and play the clown in the commedia dell'arte that night. _FOR TEN POINTS_ —name this 1892 opera in which art imitates life a little too closely for Canio's taste, by Leoncavallo.
Tonio expresses his adoration for Nedda, Canio's wife, while Canio is out for a drink.
{Pagliacci} or {Clowns} [accept {I Pagliacci}]