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See media help. " Vesti la giubba " (Italian: [ˈvɛsti la ˈdʒubba], "Put on the costume", often referred to as "On With the Motley ", from the original 1893 translation by Frederic Edward Weatherly) is a tenor aria from Ruggero Leoncavallo 's 1892 opera Pagliacci. " Vesti la giubba " is sung at the conclusion of the first act, when Canio ...
Pagliacci (Italian pronunciation: [paʎˈʎattʃi]; literal translation, 'Clowns') [a] is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who murders his wife Nedda and her lover Silvio on stage during a ...
Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Ingvar Wixell: Giuseppe Patanè, National Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus: Audio CD: Decca Classics Cat: 00289 414 5902 1979: José Carreras, Renata Scotto, Kari Nurmela: Riccardo Muti Philharmonia Orchestra Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Audio CD: EMI Classics Cat: 0777 7 63650 2 2; CDMB 63650; 7 63650 2 [5] 1981 ...
The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 is a live album by José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti with conductor Zubin Mehta.The album was recorded on July 16, 1994, at the Three Tenors concert in Los Angeles with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the chorus of the Los Angeles Opera on the night before the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final. [1]
Enrico Caruso (/ k ə ˈ r uː z oʊ /, [1] US also / k ə ˈ r uː s oʊ /, [2] [3] [4] Italian: [enˈriːko kaˈruːzo]; 25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic first lyric tenor then dramatic tenor. He sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles that ...
Giuseppe Di Stefano (24 July 1921 – 3 March 2008) was an Italian operatic tenor who sang professionally from the mid-1940s until the early 1990s. Called "Pippo" by both fans and friends, he was known as the "Golden Voice" or "The Most Beautiful Voice", as the true successor of Beniamino Gigli.
La bohème (/ ˌlɑː boʊˈɛm / LAH boh-EM, [1] Italian: [la boˈɛm]) is an opera in four acts, [N 1] composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème (1851) by Henri Murger. [2] The story is set in Paris around 1830 and shows the Bohemian ...
Luciano Pavarotti OMRI (/ ˌ p æ v ə ˈ r ɒ t i /, US also / ˌ p ɑː v-/, Italian: [luˈtʃaːno pavaˈrɔtti]; 12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time.