The Boston Opera Company will present Leoncavallo's two-act opera "I Pagliacci" in Sanders Theatre at 3.45 o'clock this afternoon.

The cast will be as follows: Nedda,  Mlle. Fely Dereyne Tonio,  Signor Giovanni Polese Canio,  Signor Giuseppe Gaudenzi Silvio,  Signor Rodolpho Fornari Beppo,  Signor Ernesto Giaccone

Conductor, Signor Roberto Moranzoni.

The performance is partly a result of the interest which the University has shown in the series of Historic Operatic Concerts, and partly intended to stimulate the movement for a closer connection between Harvard and the Boston Opera. The opera itself is exceedingly dramatic and compact, requires little scenery, and is thus well fitted for this sort of production.

Admission will be by ticket only. Tickets for reserved seats, at $1.50, $1.00 and 50 cents are on sale at the Co- operative.