Si puo?".
One character in this opera considers the freedom of the birds flying in the sky in her famous "Ballatella," "Stridono lassu." Later that character uses a whip to resist the advances of a character who plays Taddeo onstage and who warns that actors have feelings too in his prologue, "Si puo? Si puo?". In this opera's most famous aria, a character tells himself to laugh in spite of his wife's infidelity as he applies his makeup and dons his costume. In this opera, after singing "Vesti la giubba," Canio stabs his wife Nedda during a performance of the commedia dell'arte play they act in. For 10 points, name this opera by Ruggiero Leoncavallo whose title means "clowns."
One character in this opera considers the freedom of the birds flying in the sky in her famous "Ballatella," "Stridono lassu.
I Pagliacci [prompt on "Clowns" until mentioned]