Mario Lanza sings Ave Maria [Schubert]
The great American tenor of Italian origin, Mario Lanza sings Ave Maria by Franz Schubert. The video is from the 1956 movie “Serenade”.
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Aida Garifullina and Juan Diego Flórez: “E il sol dell’anima” [Rigoletto, Verdi]
Russian operatic soprano Aida Garifullina and Peruvian operatic tenor Juan Diego Flórez sing “E il sol dell’anima” (English: “Love is the sunshine of the soul”) from Rigoletto, an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.
Maria Callas sings Vissi d’arte [From Puccini’s Tosca]
Maria Callas sings “Vissi d’arte” (English: “I lived for art”), a soprano aria from Act 2 of the opera Tosca by the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. Recorded at the Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), London, 1964.
Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries [Berlin Philharmonic, Levine]
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Conducted by the American conductor and pianist James Levine, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Berliner Philharmoniker) plays “Ride of the Valkyries”, (German: Walkürenritt or Ritt der Walküren), the beginning of act 3 of Die Walküre, (The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, an opera…
Elīna Garanča sings Cavatine des Romeo [Bellini]
Latvian operatic lyric mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča sings “Cavatine des Romeo” (Romeo’s Cavatina) from I Capuleti e i Montecchi, an Italian opera (Tragedia lirica) in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini. From an Elīna Garanča concert in Moscow in 2008.
Leontina Vaduva sings “Quel Guardo, il Cavaliere” from Don Pasquale [Donizetti]
Romanian soprano Leontina Vaduva (born on December 1, 1960) sings “Quel Guardo, il Cavaliere” from Don Pasquale, an opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well…
Ezio Pinza and Lana Turner sing “You Belong To My Heart” from the movie “Mr. Imperium”
Italian bass Ezio Pinza sings “You Belong To My Heart” with Lana Turner, the American film and television actress. From the 1951 romantic musical drama film “Mr. Imperium” (UK title: “You Belong To My Heart”).
RIP Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak
Maria Radner was a German contralto and internationally renowned opera singer. She died yesterday, on 24 March 2015 along with her husband and colleague Oleg Bryzhak and their infant son, in the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash, which occurred near Prads-Haute-Bléone,…
Franco Corelli sings Nessun Dorma [1958]
Legendary Italian tenor Franco Corelli sings Nessun Dorma from Turandot, an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, completed by Franco Alfano, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Corelli uses his great “spinto” voice…
Enrico Caruso: Dreams of Long Ago (1912)
One of the greatest tenors of the 20th century, Enrico Caruso sings “Dreams of Long Ago”, a beautiful song composed by the Italian tenor. Italian lyrics by John Focacci, and English lyrics by Earl Carroll.
Elīna Garanča sings Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen
Latvian operatic lyric mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča sings Habanera (the popular name for “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” – English: “Love is a rebellious bird”) from Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera “Carmen”. Recorded at the Opéra National de Paris on July 16,…
Pavarotti: A Gala Concert [Munich, 1986]
A Gala Concert by Luciano Pavarotti at Olympia Hall, Munich, Germany. Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor: Emerson Buckley. Year: 1986.