The costumes in "I Pagliacci" give a special touch in characterizing the character.

"If the 18th and 19th centuries France could be recognized by the abundance of philosophers, Italy, in turn, deserved the same recognition, but in the opera circuit. In the big capitals of the peninsula, mostly in Milan, Naples, Rome and Venice, all national questions were presented and discussed on stage, in a realist format, symbolic or metaphoric, by the voices of the singers and by the music of opera composers." (Pellegrini)