Vesti la giubba

Vesti la Giubba (To Do the costume) is a famous tenor aria performed in the opera I Pagliacci, written and composed by Leoncavallo, and first performed in 1892. Vesti la Giubba is the end of the first Act, when Canio discovers that his wife is unfaithful. Nevertheless, he must gear up for his performance as Pagliaccio the clown, because the ' show must go on '. ==Libretto[ Edit] == ==Sources[ Edit] == "Vesti la Giubba", performed by tenor Mario Lanza in 1959 shortly before his death at 38 years of age. [1]