The great American tenor and Hollywood star of Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings O Paradis! (Oh Paradise!), one of the most celebrated arias from “L’Africaine” (The African Woman), a grand opéra in five acts with music by the German composer Giacomo Meyerbeer (1971-1864) and a libretto by the French librettist Eugène Scribe (1791-1861). From the …
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Jussi Björling sings La Donna è Mobile
One of the greatest operatic tenors of the 20th century, Jussi Björling sings La Donna è Mobile, a famous canzone from the beginning of act 3 of Giuseppe Verdi’s 1851 opera Rigoletto. This recording is from the Ed Sullivan Show in 1957.
Mario Lanza, Dorothy Kirsten, and Blanche Thebom sing O Terra Addio from Verdi’s Aida
American operatic soprano Dorothy Kirsten, the American tenor and Hollywood star of Italian origin Mario Lanza, and the American operatic mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom sing “O Terra Addio”, the final duet from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Aida,” which premiered in Cairo in 1871. This scene is from “The Great Caruso”, a 1951 biographical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer …
Pavarotti sings Recondita armonia and E lucevan le stelle from “Tosca” [Tokyo, 1989]
The great Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings Recondita armonia and E lucevan le stelle from Tosca, an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Recorded on December 19, 1989, at The Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan.
Franco Corelli sings Recondita Armonia [Puccini]
Legendary Italian tenor Franco Corelli sings Recondita Armonia, the first romanza in the opera Tosca (1900) by Giacomo Puccini. From the 1956 Italian movie Tosca. Corelli was 35 years old when he starred in the movie.
Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici [Kurzak, Popov] [From Verdi’s La Traviata]
Accompanied by the MET orchestra and chorus, the Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak and the Ukrainian tenor Dmytro Popov sing “Libiamo ne’ lieti calici” (English: “Let’s drink from the joyful cups”), a famous duet with a chorus from Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, an 1853 opera in three acts. It is one of the best-known opera songs. …
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Freddie De Tommaso sings Nessun Dorma [Puccini]
Accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra, a British orchestra based in London, the British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso sings Nessun Dorma, a very famous tenor aria from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Turandot. This performance is from a recording session for De Tommaso’s 2022 album “Il Tenore” (The Tenor). Conductor: Paolo Arrivabeni.
Jussi Björling sings Flower Song from Bizet’s Carmen
One of the leading operatic tenors of the 20th century, Jussi Björling sings La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Flower Song), a famous aria from Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera Carmen. A 1950 recording.
Mario Lanza sings Vesti la Giubba [From The Great Caruso, 1951]
The great American tenor and Hollywood film star of Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings “Vesti La Giubba”, a famous tenor aria from Ruggero Leoncavallo’s 1892 opera Pagliacci (Clowns). From the 1951 movie “The Great Caruso”.
Manuel de Falla: Danse Espagnole [Galy, González-Buajasán]
French violinist Manon Galy and the Cuban-born French pianist Jorge González-Buajasán perform Manuel de Falla’s Danse Espagnole (Spanish Dance), originally the Dance from Falla’s 1913 opera La vida breve (Spanish Life is Short or The Brief Life), which was arranged for violin and piano by the Austrian-born American violinist and composer Friedrich “Fritz” Kreisler (February …
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