Are You There?

Are You There? is a "farcical musical play in two acts" composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo (with interpolations by Lewis F. Muir) with a book by Albert de Courville and lyrics by Edgar Wallace. It premièred unsuccessfully on 1 November 1913 at The Prince of Wales's Theatre, London to a rowdy audience which almost became a riot. Its star, Shirley Kellogg, was Courville's wife. There was considerable pre-opening-night publicity in the press emphasizin... More

Date of First Performance:

  • Nov 1, 1913

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Composer

Ruggero Leoncavallo

Ruggero (or Ruggiero) Giacomo Maria Giuseppe Emmanuele Raffaele Domenico Vincenzo Francesco Donato Leoncavallo (Italian pronunciation: [rudˈdʒɛːro leoŋkaˈvallo]; 23 April 1857 – 9 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer. His two-act work Pagliacci remains one of the most popular works in the...

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