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The Verified Answer for Opera that famously ends with the line “La commedia è finita!” is:
- IPAGLIACCI
Useful hints for “Opera that famously ends with the line “La commedia è finita!”” Crossword Clue
Hint 1: Clue Explanation
▼Even if you are not an opera aficionado (I am not, and am also terrible with names), even if you don’t speak Italian (I do not), this is possible to figure out. The clue is “Opera that famously ends with the line ‘La commedia è finita!’” The word “commedia” tells me that it is, at the very least, a comic opera, but I suspect it goes further than that. I suspect it has to do with a clown. A sad clown, which is why the end is formally announced. In my experience, a formally announced ending in the arts usually means that someone dies. And it turns out that I was right: The opera is “I PAGLIACCI,” by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Also, the crossings were kind.