Rigoletto music
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Music from the Official Motion Picture Soundtrack
Introducing the official soundtrack release to the hotly anticipated new documentary by the Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard. Probably the most famous artist in the history of classical music, Pavarotti was a unique phenomenon. From humble roots as a baker's son to sold out arena tours. He possessed a voice of pure gold and innate beauty, precision and expressiveness. This release includes his most popular, signature arias & songs alongside iconic live moments from some of the biggest concerts ever to take place.
TRACKS:
1 Nessun Dorma (Puccini: Turandot)
2 Voce'e notte (de Curtis)
3 Ah mes mis – Pur mon âme (Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment)
4 Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore)
5 Celeste Aida (Verdi: Aida)
6 Me voglio fa'na casa (Donizetti)
7 Questa O Quella (Verdi: Rigoletto)
8 La Donna e mobile (Verdi: Rigoletto)
9 O soave fanciulla (Puccini: La bohème)
10 E Lucevan le Stelle (Verdi: Tosca)
11 Vesti La Giu
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The Story of Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti was born on 12 October 1935 in Modena where he lived throughout his life. (The same year and the same city also saw the birth of one of Pavarotti’s closest collaborators, the soprano Mirella Freni. Their mothers even worked in the same cigarette factory and both Singers claimed to have shared the same wet-nurse: a fact that led Freni to joke that “You can see who got all the milk!”.) His family was steeped in music. His father, Fernando, sang in the city’s chorus, the Chorale Rossini, and soon the teenage Pavarotti was singing alongside him. Indeed, one of Pavarotti’s first foreign trips was with the chorus when it travelled to Llangollen in Wales for the 1955 Eisteddfod when he was nineteen. The Chorale Rossini took first prize in the male chorus category and the young singer had his first taste of acclaim, albeit as part of a group. (Forty years later he would return for a sell—out concert at the 1995 Eisteddfod.)
“From the start I never doubted Luciano would one day be a very great tenor. It wasn’t only the voice,
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Lyrics of the 'Rigoletto' Aria 'Questa O Quello'
“Questa o quella” is an aria performed by the Duke of Mantua in the first act of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera "Rigoletto." This opera is based on a Victor Hugo play, "Le roi s'amuse" and its libretto was written in Italian by Francesco Piave. It premiered in Venice in 1851 and is considered one of Verdi's signature works.
In addition to "Questa o Quello," this opera also is known for the famous aria "La donna e mobile" (translation: "women are fickle"), which received renewed attention from modern opera audiences thanks to the performances of the late tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
The Plot of the Opera 'Rigoletto'
"Rigoletto" tells the tale of the titular court jester, his daughter Gilda and the Duke of Mantua. Its original title was "La Maledizione" (which translates as "The Curse"), a reference to a central plot point. The father of a woman whom the Duke seduced (and whom Rigoletto mocked), placed the curse on both men.
The curse comes to pass when Gi
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