Leoncavallo, Ruggiero
(1858–1919)> COMPOSER
Leoncavallo, Ruggiero (8 March 1858, Naples; 9 August 1919, Montecatini), composer, studied under Beniamino Casi and Lauro Rossi at the Conservatory in Naples. He left this institution in 1876 to attend the rehearsals of his first opera, Chatterton , in Bologna, where the producer disappeared with whatever assets were intended for the staging of his work. The young musician now found himself financially distressed, and he was obliged to go on a tour of Europe to earn some money by playing the…