From the Exhibition Hall Theatre in Beijing, 1986
Orchestra and Chorus of the Municipal Opera of Genoa
Luciano Pavarotti - tenor
Dante Ghersi - choir master
Emerson Buckley - conductor
Eduardo di Capua - O Sole Mio
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Italian lyrics:
Che bella cosa è na jurnata ’e sole,
n’aria serena doppo na tempesta!
Pe’ ll’aria fresca pare già na festa...
Che bella cosa na jurnata ’e sole.
Ma n’atu sole cchiù bello, oi ne’,
’o sole mio sta nfronte a te!
’o sole, ’o sole mio
sta nfronte a te, sta nfronte a te!
Quanno fa notte e ’o sole se ne scenne,
me vene quasi ’na malincunia;
sotta ’a fenesta toia restarria
quanno fa notte e ’o sole se ne scenne.
English translation:
hat a beautiful thing is a sunny day!
The air is serene after a storm,
The air is so fresh that it already feels like a celebration.
What a beautiful thing is a sunny day!
But another sun that’s brighter still,
It’s my own sun that’s upon your face!
The sun, my own sun,
It’s upon your face; it’s upon your face!
When night comes and the sun has gone down,
I almost start feeling melancholy;
I’d stay below your window
When night comes and the sun has gone down.