^ "Classical music that inspired pop songs", Classic FM (UK), undated.Quote: "'Pal-Yat-Chee' (recorded in 1950 but issued three years later) gave Homer and Jethro an unparalleled vehicle for their homespun humor, and a massive target – 'a fat guy in a clown suit'". Spike Jones and His City Slickers: An Illustrated Biography, p. ^ The New Guinness Book of Records, ed.Verses from the aria are used in both Italian and English in the song "A Metaphor for the Dead" by the metal band Anaal Nathrakh on their 2012 album Vanitas.The opera is performed in The Simpsons episode " The Italian Bob" (2005) in which Sideshow Bob sings the final verse of the aria.
The aria is heard several times in the 1992 Seinfeld episode " The Opera", including over the episode's end credits instead of the Seinfeld theme.The melody of the song was used by the rock band Queen in their 1984 single " It's a Hard Life" when frontman Freddie Mercury sang that song's opening lyrics "I don't want my freedom, there's no reason for living with a broken heart.".The melody is set to lyrics about Kellogg's Rice Krispies breakfast cereal in an American television commercial for that product, circa 1970.Both the melody of the aria and dramatic points of the opera from which it comes are referenced by Homer and Jethro in the 1953 Spike Jones song "Pal Yat Chee" on RCA Victor.This aria is often used in popular culture, and has been featured in many renditions, mentions, and spoofs. This is still displayed today, as the clown motif often features the painted-on tear running down the cheek of the performer.Įnrico Caruso's recordings of the aria, from 1902, 19, were among the top selling records of the 78-rpm era and reached over a million sales. The pain of Canio is portrayed in the aria and exemplifies the entire notion of the "tragic clown": smiling on the outside but crying on the inside. The aria is often regarded as one of the most moving in the operatic repertoire of the time. " Vesti la giubba" is sung at the conclusion of the first act, when Canio discovers his wife's infidelity, but must nevertheless prepare for his performance as Pagliaccio the clown because " the show must go on". " Vesti la giubba" (, "Put on the costume", often referred to as "On With the Motley", from the original 1893 translation by Frederic Edward Weatherly) is a famous tenor aria from Ruggero Leoncavallo's 1892 opera Pagliacci. Problems playing this file? See media help. Performed by Enrico Caruso, recorded on March 17, 1907
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