![]() ![]() O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini.Ironically, although Morgan Freeman's character says "I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words.", the two women are actually singing about luring a man into a trap to expose his infidelity! Mozart - you may remember this as the song that is played over the prison loudspeakers in The Shawshank Redemption. Duettino Sull'Aria from Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) by W.Libiam ne' lieti calici from La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi - this Brindisi or "Drinking Song" is a classic duet.Mozart - in this fun "catalogue aria," Leporello lists the exploits of his master, Don Giovanni see a great version sung by Stefano De Peppo Madamina, il catalogo è questo from Don Giovanni by W.Nessun dorma from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini - nobody sings this tenor showcase like Pavarotti.Largo al Factotum from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) by Rossini - known for its "Figaro, figaro, figaro!" patter, in this classic aria Figaro, the eponymous barber of Seville, complains that he is overwhelmed by customers desiring his services, especially when it comes to matchmaking.La Dona è mobile from Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi - where the Duke of Mantua complains about how women are fickle Luciano Pavarotti performs an outstanding version of this song. ![]() Here are some classic, popular songs from opera and other classical music: The language is sometimes old-fashioned/stilted/poetic (for example, they tend to use Voi as a singular "you" and leave off the final "e" in verbs so that cantare ("to sing") becomes cantar) but it is nevertheless quite similar to the modern language. For many years, Italian was the standard language of opera, so even Germans wrote operas in Italian.
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