After Beppe sings an ode to Columbine, the protagonist confronts Nedda about Silvio, and when she brushes him off he stabs her, leading Tonio to end the opera with the line "La Commedia Finita."
Toward the end of Act One, one of the characters sings "I know you hate me" after being whipped by the protagonist's wife. A peasant sings "Why hast thou taught me" to woo the hand of the protagonist's wife, who is known as Columbine in Act Two. After Beppe sings an ode to Columbine, the protagonist confronts Nedda about Silvio, and when she brushes him off he stabs her, leading Tonio to end the opera with the line "La Commedia Finita." FTP name this opera by Ruggierio Leoncavallo, whose first act ends with the melancholy "Vesti La Giubba" and whose protagonist is a very sad clown.
Toward the end of Act One, one of the characters sings "I know you hate me" after being whipped by the protagonist's wife.
Pagliacci or The Clowns