Ruggiero Leoncavallo

Ruggiero Leoncavallo

Ruggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo (23 April 1857 – 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Throughout his career, Leoncavallo produced numerous operas and songs, but it is his 1892 opera Pagliacci that remained his lasting contribution, despite attempts to escape the shadow of his greatest success. Today Pagliacci continues to be his most famous opera and one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the operatic repertory. His other notable compositions include the song "Mattinata", popularized by Enrico Caruso, and, to a lesser extent, his version of La bohème which, however, was overshadowed by Puccini's highly successful opera of the same name.

Birth and Death Data: Born Naples (city and commune in Campania, Italy), Died August 9, 1919 (Montecatini Terme (municipality in Tuscany, Italy) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1899 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, session supervisor, lyricist, piano

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Recordings (Results 226-250 of 460 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	41795	10-in.	approximately 1913	So ben che lo scemo	Ernesto Badini ; Ernesta Cottino	Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra	composer
Columbia	41796	10-in.	approximately 1913	Hal tempo a ridirmele	Ernesto Badini ; Ernesta Cottino	Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra	composer
Columbia	41797	10-in.	approximately 1913	Decidi al mio destin	Ernesto Badini ; Ernesta Cottino	Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra	composer
Columbia	41798	10-in.	approximately 1913	Decidi al mio destin	Ernesto Badini ; Ernesta Cottino	Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra	composer
Columbia	41856	10-in.	approximately 1913	Canto notturno	Cesare Formichi	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	41922	10-in.	approximately 1913	No pagliaccio non son	Icilio Calleja	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	42053	10-in.	approximately 1913	Io non ho che una povera stanzaetta	Giuseppe Armanini	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	42086	10-in.	approximately 1914	Un grande spettacolo	Giuseppe Armanini	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	44364	10-in.	approximately 1916	To tragoudi tou Paliatsou (Το τραγούδι του Παλιάτσου)	W. Moreaetes	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	44981	10-in.	approximately January 1917	Mattinata	Umberto Baroni	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	50511	10-in.	between 1903 and 1906	Prologue	Roméo Berti	Male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	62281	10-in.	5/4/1918	Arioso	Roland Hayes	Tenor vocal solo	composer
Columbia	70416	10-in.	between 1920 and 1923	Pagliacci : No pagliaccio non son	Nino Piccaluga	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	70417	10-in.	between 1920 and 1923	Vesti la giubba	Nino Piccaluga	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	70418	10-in.	between 1920 and 1923	No, Pagliaccio	Nino Piccaluga	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	70599	10-in.	between 1920 and 1923	Un tal gioco	Aureliano Pertile	Tenor vocal solo	composer
Columbia	70676	10-in.	between 1920 and 1923	Voi lo sapete	Irma Viganò	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	70815	10-in.	between 1920 and 1923	Serenata	Aureliano Pertile	Tenor vocal solo	composer
Columbia	74804	12-in.	between 1908 and 1914	Prólogo	Carlo Galeffi	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	74840	12-in.	11/22/1921	Prologo	Luigi Abrate	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	75247	12-in.	12/22/1922	Pagliacci, selection, part 1	Alick Maclean ; New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	75248	12-in.	12/22/1922	Pagliacci, selection, part 2	Alick Maclean ; New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	75603	12-in.	approximately 1912	Proloog	Carel Butter	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	76048	12-in.	approximately 1917	On with the motley	Frank Mullings	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	90129	10-in.	June 1920	National airs (Theme and Variation II)	Columbia Miniature Orchestra	Orchestra	composer

(Results 226-250 of 460 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Leoncavallo, Ruggiero," accessed January 6, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102585.

Leoncavallo, Ruggiero. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 6, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102585.

"Leoncavallo, Ruggiero." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 6 January 2026.

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/45204 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/45204

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