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Ruggero Leoncavallo
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The Italian opera composer, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, studied music at the Naples Conservatoire. He was a staunch supporter of Wagner’s music which inspired his early work. Leoncavallo’s style gradually evolved into the Italian verismo (realism) movement in opera. He began his career as a concert pianist in Egypt and, for several years, earned his living in Paris as a tutor of singing and piano. He composed many operas, but his greatest triumph was "I Pagliacci" for which he wrote both the libretto and the music. 
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