Fans identify the opera shown in the episode as Pagliacci, with the original poster seeking the correct spelling of the title.
Does anyone know the EXACT title of the Opera that they went to see?? I need apelling....erm, spekling, um....you know what I am saying.........
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Paliachi?
Pagliacci
That's the same opera Smokey Robinson alluded to in "Tears Of A Clown." (He even used the identical reference in writing an earlier Motown song by Carolyn Crawford called "My Smile Is Just A Frown Turned Upside Down." It was a minor hit in 1964, and can be found in the Hitsville U.S.A. 1959-1971 boxed set.)
If you remember the old "Batman" series, Cesar Romero as the Joker played Pagliacci for some nefarious reason...
probably more like Poliacci (italian)
eh?
That would be Pagliacci
For some background on a recent performance at the Kennedy Opera House, see:
http://www.dc-opera.org/pag.html
hth, d.a.v.e.
In , "Scott J. Friedman" writes:
Definitely, without a doubt, Pagliacci. One 'g', two 'c's.
The last guy has just disproved that Seinfeld watchers are an intelligent bunch. Love the way he spelled the opera.
Sorry, i'm no opera buff like you. And, i'm plenty intelligent. Aren't you the guy who babbled for days about 'Mirsky'? I'll answer that...yes, you are. 'Nuff said.
The last guy has just disproved that Seinfeld watchers are an intelligent bunch. Love the way he spelled the opera.
Pagliachi. Luciano Pavarotti made it more famous. It first came to my attention in the Smokey Robinson song, "Tears of a Clown" -- "Just like Pagliachi did" -- except that it honestly took until last year before I heard the song and got the connection. I just figured it was a case of "lyricosis" where I heard the wrong words. Now, I have to leave. Scuze me while I kiss this guy.
Good explanation. Bad spelling.
The spelling is actually Pollyotchi...ahem....I mean Pagliacci. Enrico Caruso made the opera well known in the '20s.
Jacques Buuted-Thugge wrote in article ...
Nope. "Pagliacci."
A musician friend swears he once had a request in a bar from a guy who wanted to hear the famous Deep Purple classic, "Slow-motion Walter, the fire-engine guy."
Cheers PD
"It's a hard egg, nothin' but a hard egg..."
In , Gareth Wilson writes:
Long as someone else started it, here's my fave misquote from the world of rock music...
"And we be baking carrot biscuits, every day. Baking carrot biscuits, every way, Baking carrot biscuits, it's alright! Baking carrot biscuits and working overtime."