Tonio expresses his adora
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}]