One character in this opera tells the audience that the show is about real 
One character in this opera tells the audience that the show is about real humans while dressed as Taddio in its short prologue. The aria "Stridono lassu" represents a birdsong that comforts one character, who later collects money while dressed as (*) Colombina. After stabbing Silvio, one character exclaims "La Commedia e finite," and that character earlier expresses his zero-tolerance policy for other men hitting on Nedda and sings the aria "Vesti la Giubba" while putting on a costume. For 10 points, name this Leoncavallo opera about Canio, a clown.
One character in this opera tells the audience that the show is about real humans while dressed as Taddio in its short prologue.
Pagliacci [or Players; or I Pagliacci]