Aria from the opera Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo
"Vesti la giubba"
Performed by Enrico Caruso, recorded on March 17, 1907
Problems playing this file? See media help.
"Vesti la giubba" (Italian:[ˈvɛstilaˈdʒubba], "Put on the costume", often referred to as "On With the Motley", from the original 1893 translation by Frederic Edward Weatherly) is a tenor aria from Ruggero Leoncavallo's 1892 opera Pagliacci. "Vesti la giubba" is sung at the conclusion of the first act, when Canio discovers his wife's infidelity, but must nevertheless prepare for his performance as Pagliaccio the clown because "the show must go on".
The aria is often regarded as one of the most moving in the operatic repertoire of the time. The pain of Canio is portrayed in the aria and exemplifies the entire notion of the "tragic clown": smiling on the outside but crying on the inside. This is still displayed today, as the clown motif often features the painted-on tear running down the cheek of the performer.
Enrico Caruso's recordings of the aria, from 1902, 1904 and 1907, were among the top selling records of the 78-rpm era and reached over a million sales.[1][2]
This aria is often used in popular culture, and has been featured in many renditions, mentions, and spoofs, and is often misspelled "guibba" instead of "giubba" on many recordings.[example needed][citation needed]
^The New Guinness Book of Records, ed. Peter Matthews, Guinness Publishing. 1995. p. 150
^Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 9. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
"Vestilagiubba" Performed by Enrico Caruso, recorded on March 17, 1907 Problems playing this file? See media help. "Vestilagiubba" (Italian: [ˈvɛsti...
Silvio escapes, Nedda calls after him, "I will always be yours!" "Vestilagiubba" Performed by Enrico Caruso, recorded on March 17, 1907 "No! Pagliaccio...
film included a sequence depicting him on stage performing the aria Vestilagiubba from Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci. The following year Caruso played...
Leoncavallo in the standard operatic repertory. Its most famous aria, "Vestilagiubba" ("Put on the costume" or, in the better-known older translation, "On...
after having previously paid tribute to Caruso with his rendition of "Vestilagiubba" (titled as "Pagliacci") on the album Primal Scream. The 1990 hit single...
stelle Tosca (Puccini)) Vestilagiubba (I pagliacci (Leoncavallo)) No, pagliaccio non son (I pagliacci (Leoncavallo)) Testa adorata (La bohème (Leoncavallo))...
Lady Secombe died on 7 February 2018, aged 93. "On with the Motley" (Vestilagiubba) (1955) UK #6 "Bless This House" "If I Ruled the World" (1963) UK #18...
performance of Pagliacci in San Francisco after finishing the aria "Vestilagiubba". 1951: Concert pianist Simon Barere died of a cerebral hemorrhage...
problems or difficulties, with or without regard to actual show business. Vestilagiubba (Recitar!), a sad clown's aria from Pagliacci List of entertainers...
of his finest arias (mostly Verdi and Puccini, but also including 'Vestilagiubba') plus three popular songs (including 'Granada'). The Singers: Mario...
Singing Voice, Lindi dropped dead onstage after completing the aria "Vestilagiubba" in Ruggero Leoncavallo's Pagliacci at the War Memorial Opera House...
follows: Part 1 'La Strada' di N. Rota (Orchestra el Teatro 'Carlo Felice' di Genova) 'Pagliacci' di R. Leoncavallo – Prologo e VestilaGiubba (Leo Nucci &...
[citation needed] List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1970 (U.S.) Vestilagiubba James E. Perone (2006). The Sound of Stevie Wonder: His Words and Music...
2–6. ISBN 0050015710. Mercaldo, David (8 March 2018). "Pagliacci and VestiLaGiubba – The Million Selling Record!". The Italian Tribune. Retrieved 28 June...
better health. For Week 4 of the quarterfinals (August 3) he performed "Vestilagiubba" ("Put on the costume"), a famous tenor aria from the opera Pagliacci...
An Evening on the Don, La Fiesta, His Pastimes, The Kreutzer Sonata, Mischa Elman, Overture "Tannhäuser" and VestiLaGiubba. Crafton (1997), pp. 76–87;...
Checkout chicks. Special report on LA smog verses Australia smog. Gunston concludes show by performing VestiLaGiubba. Series 2 episode 7 (December 1975)...
Puccini's Manon Lescaut Richard Tucker in operetta Video on YouTube, "Vesti lagiubba" from Pagliacci, The Ed Sullivan Show December 1969 Audio on YouTube,...
(Bellini from La Sonnambula) "Nun's Chorus" (J. Strauss from Casanova) "La Donna è Mobile" (Verdi from Rigoletto) "Excerpt - VestiLaGiubba" (Leoncavallo...
Global Information