Sep 29 2024 43 mins
Today, the day this episode drops, would have been my mom’s 87th birthday. Earlier today, I dropped ten roses on her gravestone to signify how many of those birthdays we have had without her.
I’ve said this before, that my mom’s spirit is within this album collection just as much as my dad’s, and it’s artists like this that I know she enjoyed very much.
My parents did get to see him once in concert. He is one of the world’s most recognized tenors, even years after he has been gone.
So get ready to hear Luciano sing to celebrate my mother’s birthday in Volume 196: Pavarotti for Pauline.
More information about this album, see the Discogs webpage for it.
Credits and copyrights
Luciano Pavarotti – Verismo Arias
Label: London Records – LDR 10020
Series: London Digital
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Released: Dec 1980
Genre: Classical
Style: Opera
The portrait reproduced for the cover was done by Gerrit Greve, and was one of Pavarotti's favorites.
We will hear 10 of the 15 songs on this album.
Amor Ti Vieta
(Fedora)
Composed By – Umberto Giordano
Dai Campi, Dai Prati
(Mefistofele)
Composed By – Arrigo Boito
La Dolcissima Effigie
(Adriana Lecouvreur)
Composed By – Francesco Cilea
L'Anima Ho Stanca or My Soul Is Tired
(Adriana Lecouvreur)
Composed By – Francesco Cilea
Apri La Tua Finestra!
(Iris)
Composed By – Pietro Mascagni
Colpito Qui M'Avete.....Un Di All 'Azzurro Spazio
(Andrea Chénier)
Composed By – Umberto Giordano
Come Un Bel Di Di Maggio
(Andrea Chénier)
Composed By – Umberto Giordano
Ch'Ella Mi Creda
(La Fanciulla Del West)
Composed By – Giacomo Puccini
Ma Se Vi Talenta.....Tra Voi, Belle
(Manon Lescaut)
Composed By – Giacomo Puccini
Ah! Non Y'Avvicante!
(Manon Lescaut)
Bass Vocals – Neil Howlett
Composed By – Giacomo Puccini
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