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{{short description|Opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo}}
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{{Infobox opera
| name              = Pagliacci
| composer          = [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]]
| image             = Pagliacci Original Score Cover.jpg
| image_upright     = 
| caption           = Cover of first piano/vocal score, published in 1892
| librettist        = Ruggero Leoncavallo
| language          = Italian
| premiere_date     = {{Start date|1892|05|21|||df=y}}
| premiere_location = [[Teatro Dal Verme]], Milan
}}
'''''Pagliacci''''' ({{IPA|it|paʎˈʎattʃi}}; literal translation, 'Clowns'){{efn|The title is sometimes incorrectly rendered in English with a definite article as ''I pagliacci''. {{lang|it|Pagliacci}} is the Italian plural for "clowns", and although ''i'' is the corresponding plural definite article, it is not used in the original title.}} is an [[Italian opera]] in a prologue and two acts, with music and [[libretto]] by [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]]. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a [[commedia dell'arte]] theatrical company, who murders his wife Nedda and her lover Silvio on stage during a performance. ''Pagliacci'' premiered at the [[Teatro Dal Verme]] in Milan on 21 May 1892, conducted by [[Arturo Toscanini]], with [[Adelina Stehle]] as Nedda, [[Fiorello Giraud]] as Canio, [[Victor Maurel]] as Tonio, and [[Mario Ancona]] as Silvio. Soon after its Italian premiere, the opera played in London (with [[Nellie Melba]] as Nedda) and in New York (on 15 June 1893, with Agostino Montegriffo as Canio). ''Pagliacci'' is the best-known of Leoncavallo's ten operas and remains a staple of the repertoire.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Stewart |first=Henry |date=February 2016 |title=Operapedia: ''Pagliacci'' |url=http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2016/2/Departments/Operapedia_%E2%80%94_Pagliacci.html |journal=[[Opera News]] |volume=80 |issue=8 |access-date=2017-02-19 |archive-date=2021-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308120835/https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2016/2/Departments/Operapedia_%E2%80%94_Pagliacci.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

''Pagliacci'' is often staged with ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]'' by [[Pietro Mascagni]], a double bill known colloquially as "Cav/Pag".