1857
Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (died 1919)
Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (died 1919)
Ruggero Leoncavallo
Italian composer (1857–1919)
- Born
- 1857
Ruggero Leoncavallo 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.