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Nessun dorma. " Nessun dorma " (Italian: [nesˌsun ˈdɔrma]; English: " Let no one sleep ") [1] is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini 's opera Turandot (text by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni) and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, il principe ignoto (the unknown prince), who falls in love at ...
The aria "Nessun dorma" has long been a staple of operatic recitals. Luciano Pavarotti popularized the piece beyond the opera world in the 1990s with his performance of it for the 1990 World Cup, which received a global audience. [40] Both Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo released singles of the aria, with Pavarotti's reaching number 2 in the UK.
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini[n 1] (22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924) [1] was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Regarded as the greatest [2] and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, stemming from the late- Baroque era.
Con te partirò. " Con te partirò " (Italian: [kon ˈte ppartiˈrɔ]; "With You I Shall Depart"), also known as " Por ti Volare ", is an Italian song written by Francesco Sartori (music) and Lucio Quarantotto (lyrics). It was first performed by Andrea Bocelli at the 1995 Sanremo Music Festival and recorded on his album of the same year, Bocelli.
Credo (Lucca, 1878) Vexilla Regis (1878) Sole e amore (1888) Salve del ciel Regina (c. 1882) Mentìa l’avviso (c. 1882) Storiella d’amore (1883)
Premiere. 17 February 1904. (1904-02-17) La Scala, Milan. Madama Butterfly (Italian pronunciation: [maˈdaːma ˈbatterflai]; Madame Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther Long ...
Turandot. Turandot (BV 273) is a 1917 opera with spoken dialogue and in two acts by Ferruccio Busoni. Busoni prepared his own libretto, in German, based on the play of the same name by Count Carlo Gozzi. The music for Busoni's opera is based on the incidental music, and the associated Turandot Suite (BV 248), which Busoni had written in 1905 ...
Manon Lescaut (Italian: [maˈnɔn leˈsko]) is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1889 and 1892 to a libretto by Luigi Illica, Marco Praga and Domenico Oliva [it], based on the 1731 novel Histoire du Chevalier des Grieux, et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. The opera was first performed in 1893 in ...