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Contrast this with the ending of Il Pagliacci, "La comedia è finita!"
From Time Magazine Archive
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Beethoven himself now began to believe in his approaching end; for hardly had the clergyman gone than he exclaimed, 'Plaudite amici, comedia finita est; have I not always said that it would come thus?'
From Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) by Graeme, Elliott
But the regular national Moreto and the comedia de figuron. drama continued to command popular favour, and with A. Moreto may be said to have actually taken a step in advance.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
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