“My life is the clearest proof that if you have talent, determination and luck you will make it in the end: never give up!”

Sir Georg Solti

L’Andana, Tenuta La BadiolaL’Andana, Tenuta La Badiola

Lady Solti and Rocco [CB]

Every year, 12 young singers receive scholarships for three weeks of intensive training inItalian music, culture and language. The course brings together the greatest livinginterpreters and teachers with outstanding student singers and repetiteurs. The Accademiaoffers masterclasses of the highest standards in musicianship, language and dramaticinterpretation, providing students with the vital bridge between the end of formal trainingand professional life.

The Accademia has already established itself as one of the leading Italian opera courses, andin 2008 added to its programme a two week course for repetiteurs.

We would like to thank all those who have supported the work of the Accademia over thelast eight years, and who have helped us realise this dream. In particular, for the productionof this CD, we thank the Rolex Institute, the Mirolli family from Castiglione and the NandoPeretti Foundation.

This CD is dedicated to Valerie Solti. She is our Fairy Godmother, and her support,generosity and inspiration have done an inestimable amount to make the Accademia what itis today.

Candice WoodExecutive Director, GSA

In memory of the great Hungarian conductor Sir Georg Solti, the annualGeorg Solti Accademia di Bel Canto takes place in the Tuscan seaside town ofCastiglione della Pescaia where for over 40 years he spent his summers.

01 O FALCE DI LUNA O. Respighi (1876-1936) 00.00

No.1 of Sei Liriche sung by Jurgita Adamonyté

02 VAGA LUNA CHE INARGENTI V. Bellini (1801-1835) 00.00

No.3 of Tre Ariette sung by Viktor Rud

03 QUANDO TI VIDI E. Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) 00.00

Op.12, No.1 sung by Matilda Paulsson

04 ME VOGLIO FÀ ‘NA CASA G. Donizetti (1791-1848) 00.00

No.3 of Tre Ariette sung by Viktor Rud

05 ALMEN SE NON POSS’IO V. Bellini (1801-1835) 00.00

No.4 of Sei Ariette sung by Eleonora Vindau

06 L’ALBA SEPARA DALLA LUCE L’OMBRA F. P. Tosti (1846-1916) 00.00

No.2 of Quattro Canzoni d’Amaranta sung by Jung Soo Yun

07 SPOSA, SON DISPREZZATA A. Vivaldi (1678-1741) 00.00

Irene’s aria, from Bajazet sung by Tereza Gevorgyan

08 UN’ORA DI SOLE F. Santoliquido (1883-1971) 00.00

No.1 of I Poemi del Sole sung by Jurgita Adamonyté

09 PIETÀ SIGNOR G. Verdi (1813-1901) 00.00

1894 sung by Andri Björn Róbertsson

10 LA SERENATA G. Rossini (1792-1868) 00.00

No.3 of Serate Musicali, Duetti sung by Eva Fiechter and Alberto Sousa

11 MENTIA L’AVVISO G. Puccini (1858-1924) 00.00

Recitative and Aria for Tenor and Pianoforte sung by Jung Soo Yun

12 E TANTO C’È PERICOL E. Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948) 00.00

Op.11 No.3 sung by Matilda Paulsson

13 STORNELLO G. Verdi (1813-1901) 00.00

1869 sung by Eva Fiechter

14 LASCIAMI P. Tosti (1846-1916) 00.00

No.1 of Quattro Canzoni d’Amaranta sung by Eleonora Vindau

15 LA DANZA G. Rossini (1792-1868) 00.00

No.8 of 8 Ariette from Serate Musicali sung by Alberto Sousa

Piano, all tracks, Jonathan Papp

Recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, 24th - 26th October 2011except track 7, recorded at Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, 18th December 2011

Produced by Alexander Van Ingen (except track 7, Andrew Mellor)Engineered by Andrew Mellor

Assisted by Claire HayEdited by Stephen Frost

Mastered by Andrew Mellorall for SIX Music Productions (www.sixmp.net)

Song translations: Emanuela FerrariPhotographs of artists: g Clive Barda [CB] and Alexander Van Ingen [AVI]

Artistic Consultant: Richard BonyngeExecutive Producers: Candice Wood and Jonathan Papp

Jonathan Papp, Richard Bonynge

Italian Song is a diverse field, ranging from the eloquent simplicity of Bellini, to the full-blooded writing of Puccini and Santoliquido. It is often maligned, but maligned only throughignorance of its vast range and a snobbery that asserts that German Lieder is the only artsong form of any worth.

Unlike previous recordings we have made of opera arias, here each song is ‘whole’ in itself,with the accompaniment written specifically for piano, and each presents a more satisfyingexperience than an aria out of context could hope to. That said, I have included one Vivaldiaria, which has become a staple of song recitals, thanks to its intrinsic beauty: Sposa, sondisprezzata, sung by the villaness Irene, has actually been attributed to Geminiano Giacomelliand was used by Vivaldi in his construction of the pasticcio Bajazet.

The Vivaldi aria gives us a starting date of 1735, while Santoliquido’s death takes up right upto 1971. This programme does include standards – by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi and Rossini –but I hope it will also include some unfamiliar gems: the opening song illustrates the moreimpressionistic output of Respighi, while curiosities like Puccini’s Mentia l’avviso, written in1883 as part of his final examination at the conservatoire in Milan, already contains the bigtune that he was to recycle into the wonderful tenor aria from Manon Lescaut. This scena fortenor feels very operatic, right down to its highly orchestral piano part. A recognisableoperatic character in these songs is Servilia (La Clemenza di Tito) in the Bellini Almen se nonposs’io, lamenting her struggles and her suffering in having been rejected by Annio.

The Respighi sits side by side with another Bellini song which, despite similarities of subject –moon, night etc. – couldn’t be from a more different musical world. Paolo Tosti, unfairlydenigrated for the apparent ease with which he was able to turn out songs on demand,actually produced some very beautiful music, and this first of his song-cycle Quattro Canzonid’Amaranta is one of his most bleak, yet passionate and dramatic, a scena for soprano whichsmacks of Tosca and La Traviata. The second of the Quattro Canzoni d’Amaranta has nowbecome a staple of tenor repertoire, particularly as an encore. Verdi’s song Pieta Signor is alsoless well known and might remind the listener of Fiesco’s opening aria in Simon Boccanegra,even in its sentiment.

This Solti 100th celebration CD celebrates the art of Italian song

Santoliquido wrote Un’Ora di Sole in 1910 - just nine years after Verdi’s death, yet it, too, isfrom another world. His music is rarely performed, probably a result of his fascist politicalwritings in the 1930s, as well as his reclusive lifestyle. He lived in Anacapri, the subject of thissong, high up in the mountains looking down on the rest of the island of Capri.

Best known for his opera Il segreto di Susanna - and her secret was that she smoked - Wolf-Ferrari still wrote in a very romantic style, and these two pieces, chosen from two of his setsof Quattro Rispetti show how attractive that writing could be.

With the exception of Verdi’s Pietà Signor, begging the Lord for forgiveness for us all, andwritten towards the very end of Verdi’s life, all the songs deal with love. They range insubject from the generic love experienced by the general populace, to the intense, nocturnal,passionate love that makes you wish that the day would never come. Betrayed love, secretivelove, initial love, and crazy love, all are subjects of this wonderful repertoire.

Our thanks for this project go to our generous sponsors – Rolex Italia, the Mirolli family ofCastiglione della Pescaia and the Nando Peretti Foundation – and our thanks, too, for theiron-going faith in the work that we do; to Richard Bonynge who lent his inspiration at therecording sessions and gave generously of his time and advice, as well as helping me in thepreparation of the singers beforehand; and to Pepi Ferrari for keeping us on the straight andnarrow with the language, as well as her very poetic yet precise translations of the poetry.

My thanks also go to all the singers who came to London and gave their time to be part ofthis project, having benefitted from their sojourn at the Accademia and their work with ourother core staff, Maestro Speca and Corradina Caporello; and last and never least, my thanksto our CEO, Candice Wood, who founded this project with me, and who coordinates all ofits aspects, bringing these ideas to fruition.

Jonathan PappArtistic Director, GSA

Claire Watkins, Jonathan Papp, Leo Nucci [CB]

O falce di luna calanteChe brilli su l’acque deserte,

O falce d’argento, qual mèsse di sogni Ondeggia al tuo mite chiarore qua giù.

Aneliti brevi di foglie, sospiriDi fiori dal bosco

Esalano al mare: non canto, non grido,Non suono pe’l vasto silenzio va.

Oppresso d’amor, di piacere,Il popol de’vivi s’addorme.

O falce calante, qual mèsse di sogniOndeggia al tuo mite chiarore qua giù!

Oh crescent of a waning moon, you that shine on the deserted waters,Oh silver crescent, what harvest of dreams wavers in your pale glow down here!

Short breaths of leaves, of flowers, from the woods exhale to the sea:No song, no cry, no sound through the vast silence goes…

Oppressed by love, by pleasure, the crowd of the living falls asleep…Oh waning crescent, what harvest of dreams wavers in your pale glow down here.

Jurgita Adamonyté

Born in Lithuania, Jurgita studied with Vladimiras Prudnikovas and Dennis O’Neill. She has worked successfully as a freelance mezzo since her opera debut in 2002 with

companies including the Royal Opera, Welsh National Opera and the SalzburgFestival. Jurgita attended the Accademia in 2007.

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O FALCE DI LUNA O. Respighi No.1 of Sei Liriche sung by Jurgita Adamonyté

Jurgita Adamonyté [CB]

Viktor Rud [AVI]

Viktor Rud

Born in the Ukraine, Viktor studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Mark Wildman andAudrey Hyland, and is currently a resident soloist at the Staatsoper Hamburg. He hasperformed leading roles at the Teatro alla Scala, Staatsoper Berlin and Salzburg Festival.Amongst the conductors he has worked with are Daniel Barenboim, Sir Colin Davis,

Seiji Ozawa and Simone Young. Viktor attended the Accademia in 2004.

Vaga luna, che inargenti queste rive e questi fioried inspiri, ed inspiri agli elementi

il linguaggio, il linguaggio dell’amor;testimonio or sei tu sola del mio fervido desir,

ed a lei, ed a lei che m’innamoraconta i palpiti, i palpiti e i sospir.

Dille pur che lontananza il mio duol non può lenir,che se nutro, se nutro una speranza,ella è sol, sì ella è sol nell’avvenir.

Dille pur che giorno e sera conto l’ore del dolor,che una speme, una speme lusinghierami conforta, mi conforta nell’amor.

Wandering moon, you that shower in silver these shores and bloomsAnd inspire the elements with the language of love,Witness are you alone of my fervent desire;

And to herwho charms me, recount my heaving heart and sighs. Do tell her that separation cannot soothe my heart,And if I nourish some hope, it is only for the future.

Do tell her that day and night I count the hours of sorrowAnd an enticing hope brings me comfort in my love.

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VAGA LUNA CHE INARGENTI V. Bellini No.3 of Tre Ariette sung by Viktor Rud

Matilda Paulsson

Born in Sweden, Matilda graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2003 andhas since performed leading roles in Europe’s major opera houses including Carmenin Helsinki and Der Rosenkavalier in Hanover. Amongst the conductors she hasworked with are Gustavo Dudamel and Daniel Harding. Matilda attended the

Accademia in 2006.

Quando ti vidi a quel canto apparireTi assomigliai alla spera del sole.

Abbassai gli occhi e non seppi che dire:Allora incominciava il nostro amore.Ora che il nostro amore è cominciatoVogliami un po’ di ben giovin garbato.

When I saw you appear at that corner I compared you to the sphere of the sun.I lowered my eyes and found no words: then it was the beginning of our love.Now that our love has begun,

Do show me some affection, you kind young man.

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QUANDO TI VIDI E. Wolf-FerrariOp.12, No.1 sung by Matilda Paulsson

Matilda Paulsson [AVI]

Mihoko Kinoshita, Mirella Freni

Me voglio fà ‘na casa miezz’’o mareFra vecata de penne de pavune

Trallalalela..trala la la la la la la la la

D’oro e d’argiento li scaline fareE de prete preziuse li barcune

Trallalalela…trala la la la la la la la

Quanno Nennella mia se va a affacciareOgnuno dice ‘mo sponta lu soleTrallalalela…trala la la la la la la la

I want to build myself a house in the middle of the seaAmongst fans of peacock’s feathers

Trallalalela…

Of gold and silver I’ll make the stepsAnd of precious stones the balconies.

Trallalela…

When my Nennella goes to show herself at the windowEveryone says, everyone says

Now rises the sun!

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ME VOGLIO FÀ ‘NA CASA G. Donizetti No.3 of Tre Ariette sung by Viktor Rud

Almen se non poss’io seguir l’amato bene,Affetti del cor mio, seguitelo per me.

Già sempre a lui vicino raccolti amor vi tieneE insolito cammino questo per voi non è.

At least, if I can’t follow the beloved, Loving feelings of my heart you follow him for me.

Already forever close to himLove keeps you gathered,

And this is not an unusual path for you, no, it is not.

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ALMEN SE NON POSS’IO V. BelliniNo.4 of Sei Ariette sung by Eleonora Vindau

Eleonora Vindau

Born in the Ukraine, Eleonora graduated from the National TchaikovskyAcademy of Music of Ukraine in 2009. She is currently part of the

Mariinsky Theatre’s Academy of Young Singers and performs regularly at the Mariinsky Theatre. Eleonora attended the Accademia in 2008.

Eleonora Vindau [AVI]

Jung Soo Yun [CB]

L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra,e la mia voluttà dal mio desire.O dolci stelle, è l’ora di morire.

Un più divino amor dal ciel vi sgombra.Pupille ardenti, o voi senza ritorno stelle tristi, spegnetevi incorrotte!

Morir debbo. Veder non voglio il giorno,per amor del mio sogno e della notte.Chiudimi, o notte, nel tuo sen materno,

mentre la terra pallida s’irrora.Ma che dal sangue mio nasca l’aurorae dal sogno mio breve il sole eterno.

Dawn parts shadows from light….And my pleasure from my desire.Oh sweet stars, it is time to die.

A more divine love from the sky clears you away….

Passionate eyes, oh you sad stars of no return,Fade away uncorrupted!...

Die I must. I don’t want to see the day,For love of my dream and of the night.

Enclose me, oh night in your motherly womb,While the land is pale in diffused light…But let from my blood rise the dawn…And from my brief dream the eternal sun.

Jung Soo YunBorn in South Korea, Jung Soo graduated from Royal Scottish Academy of Music

and Drama in 2009 and the International Academy of Voice at Cardiff University under Dennis O’Neill in 2010. In 2011 he won the first prize in the

Montserrat Caballé International Singing Competition. In 2012 he will be performing for Opera Holland Park, Opera North and Royal Opera. Jung Soo attended the Accademia in 2010.

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L’ALBA SEPARA DALLA LUCE L’OMBRA F. P. Tosti No.2 of Quattro Canzoni d’Amaranta sung by Jung Soo Yun

Sposa son disprezzata,Fida son oltraggiata,Cieli che feci mai?

E pur egl’è il mio cor,Il mio sposo, il mio amor,

La mia speranza.L’amo, ma egl’è infedel, Spero ma egl’è crudel,

Morir mi lascierai? Mi lascierai morir?O Dio manca il valor e la costanza.

As a spouse I am despised, as a faithful wife I am insulted,Heavens, whatever did I do?

Still he is my heart, my spouse, my love, my hope.

I love him, yet he is unfaithful,I have hopes yet he is cruel,Will you let me die?

Oh God, courage and perseverance fail me.

Tereza Gevorgyan

Born in Armenia, Tereza is currently a postgraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music and in September 2012 she will join the opera course there. Tereza attended the Accademia in 2011.

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SPOSA, SON DISPREZZATA A. Vivaldi Irene’s aria, from Bajazet sung by Tereza Gevorgyan

Tereza Gevorgyan [AVI]

Castiglione della Pescaia: home of the Georg Solti Accademia [CB]

Oh! Bel sole d’Anacapri, dolce e triste per i clivi degli ulivi.Campanelle della sera, case bianche al par di neveIo vi porto nel cuore! E vi penso con triste nostalgia.

O bei clivi fioriti di rose selvaggie.Oh! Come il vostro fascino molle e la vostra vaga tristezza m’avvincono!

Oh! Bel sole d’Anacapri, o sole dolceO fichi d’India addormentati! O campanelle della sera!

Rose selvaggie! O bel mare lontano!Oggi io ripenso la vostra vaga malinconia. Ah….Oh! Bel sole d’Anacapri, io ti porto nel cor!...

Oh beautiful sun of Anacapri, gentle and sad over the inclines of the olive trees;Light bells in the evening, houses as white as snow,

I carry you in my heart! And I think of you with sad yearning.Oh beautiful slopes, a-blooming with wild roses.

Oh, how your soft charm and vague sadness fascinate me!Oh beautiful sun of Anacapri, oh sun so gentle,

Oh Indian figs deeply asleep! Oh light bells in the evening!Wild roses! Oh beautiful sea in the distance!

Today I think again of your vague sadness. Ah!… Oh beautiful sun of Anacapri, I carry you in my heart!

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UN’ORA DI SOLE F. SantoliquidoNo.1 of I Poemi del Sole sung by Jurgita Adamonyté

Pietà, Signor; pietà, Signor del nostro error profondo;Tu solo puoi levare il mal dal mondo

Have pity, oh Lord, of our profound failings; You alone can erase evil from the world.

Andri Björn Róbertsson

Born in Iceland, Andri studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Mark Wildman and Jonathan Papp. He graduated with distinction from The Reykjavik Academy of Singing and

Vocal Arts in spring 2010, taught by Ólöf Kolbrún Harðardóttir. Andri attended the Accademia in 2009.

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PIETÀ SIGNOR G. Verdi 1894 sung by Andri Björn Róbertsson

Andri Björn Róbertsson [CB]

Alberto Sousa [AVI]

Mira la bianca luna ascosa d’un bel vel,….Vieni alla selva bruna, vieni, ci arride il ciel.

Là….tra quell’ombra oscura, vieni, non far rumor,Deh! Vien, ti rassicura…non lo saprà che Amor.

See the pale moon hidden in a fine veil,…Come to the dark forest, come, the sky favours us.

Come, there…in those dark shadows, come, no noise..Do come, be assured…only Love will know…

Eva Fiechter

Born in Switzerland, Eva studied piano and drama at the Conservatoire de Genève. Her vocal teachers have included Claire Tièche, Teresa Berganza, Alexandrina Milcheva and Leontina Vaduva.

Eva attended the Accademia in 2011.

Alberto Sousa

Born in Portugal, Alberto graduated in Music at the University of Aveiro with António Salgado and recently finished the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Opera Course, studying with Laura Sarti.

Alberto attended the Accademia in 2011.

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LA SERENATA G. RossiniNo.3 of Serate Musicali, Duetti sung by Eva Fiechter and Alberto Sousa

Mentìa l’avviso…Eppure d’Ausena è questa l’angusta valle…E qui fatal dimora mi presagiva la segreta voce

che turba da più notti il mio riposo.Tu cui nomar non oso, tu! Funesta donna ,

dall’avel risorta per mio supplizioun’altra volta ancora promettesti vedermi…

e in rio momento.Ah! Chi geme?...M’inganno…è l’onda,è il vento.E’ la notte che mi reca le sue larve, i suoi timori,che gli accenti punitori del rimorso udir mi fa.

It was a false warning….Still, of Ausena this is the narrow valley… And here a fatal stay was predicted to me by the secret voice that has been troubling for many nights my rest.

You, whom I do not dare to name. You! Woeful woman, from the grave risen. For my torture one more time you promised to see me…..

And in a dire moment. Ah, who moans?...I’m deceived: it’s the waves, it’s the wind.It’s the night which to me brings its ghosts, its fears;

It’s the night which makes me hear the punishing words of remorse.

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MENTIA L’AVVISO G. Puccini Recitative and Aria for Tenor and Pianoforte sung by Jung Soon Yun

José Carreras [CB]

Frederica Von Stade, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa [CB]

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E TANTO C’È PERICOL E. Wolf-FerrariOp.11 No.3 sung by Matilda Paulsson

E tanto c’è pericol ch’io ti lasciquanto in mezzo del mar fare un giardinoa torno a torno un muricciuol di sassied in quel mezzo porvi un gelsomino.E quando il gelsomin sarà fioritoallora il nostro amor sarà finito!

There is as much danger that I may leave youAs creating a garden in the middle of the sea.

All around it a low stone wall and in the middle planting a jasmine.And when the jasmine comes to flower

Only then our love will end.

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STORNELLO G. Verdi

1869 sung by Eva Fiechter

Tu dici che non m’ami….anch’io non t’amo..Dici non mi vuoi ben, non te ne voglio.Dici ch’a un altro pesce hai teso l’amo.Anch’io in altro giardin la rosa coglio.Anco di questo vo’ che ci accordiamo:Tu fa quell che ti pare, io quel che voglioSon libera di me, padrone è ognuno.Serva di tutti ..e non servo a nessuno.

Costanza nell’amor è una follia;Volubile io sono e me ne vanto.

Non tremo più scontrandoti per via,Nè quando sei lontan mi struggo in pianto.

Come usignol che uscì di prigioniaTutta la notte e il dì…folleggio e canto.Son libera di me, padrone è ognuno;Serva di tutti …e non servo a nessuno.

You say that you don’t love me, I don’t love you either.You say you have no affection for me, I have none for you.You say that to another fish you have thrown your hook,

I, too, in another garden pick a rose.Also about this I want us to agree: You do what suits you, I what I want.

I have my freedom, everyone is a master.I am obliging to all…but a servant to no one.

Constancy in love is folly;Fickle I am, and proud of it.

I quiver no more when meeting you in the street,Nor, when you are away, I melt into tears.

As a nightingale that fled the cageAll night and day I make merry and sing.

Eva Fiechter

Dennis O’Neill [CB]

Lasciami! Lascia ch’io respiri, lasciach’io mi sollevi! Ho il gelo nelle vene.

Ho tremato. Ho nel cor non so che ambascia…Ahimè, Signore, è il giorno! Il giorno viene!

Ch’io non lo veda! Premi la tua bocca Su’ miei cigli, il tuo cuore sul mio cuore!

Tutta l’erba s’insanguina d’amore.La vita se ne va, quando trabocca.

Trafitta muoio, e non dalla tua spada.Mi si vuota il petto, e senza schianto.

Non è sangue? Ahi, Signore, è la rugiada!L’alba piange su me tutto il suo pianto.

Leave me! Let me breathe, let me rise!I have ice in my veins. I have trembled.I have in my heart a vague distress….

Alas, Lord, it is daylight!...The day is coming!

Let me not see it!Press your mouth on my eyes, your heart on my heart!

All the grass is bleeding with love…Life ebbs away, when overwhelming.

Transfixed I die, but not by your sword.I feel my heart empty, and without damage.

Is it not blood?Ah, Lord, it’s the dew!

Dawn cries over me all its tears.

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LASCIAMI P. Tosti

No.1 of Quattro Canzoni d’Amaranta sung by Eleonora Vindau

Già la luna è in mezzo al mare, mamma mia, si salterà;l’ora è bella per danzare, che è in amor non mancherà.

Presto in danza a tondo a tondo, donne mie, venite qua,un garzon bello e giocondo a ciascuna toccherà.Finchè in ciel brilla una stella, e la luna splenderà, il più bel con la più bella tutta notte danzerà.

Mamma mia,…già la luna è in mezzo al mare,mamma mia si salterà,

frinche….mamma mia, si salterà….lala ra la ra….

Salta, salta, gira, gira, ogni coppia a cerchio va,già s’avanza, si ritira, e all’assalto tornerà.

Serra, serra colla bionda, colla bruna va qua e là,colla rosa va a seconda, colla smorta fermo sta.

Viva il ballo a tondo a tondo, sono un re, sono un bascià,È il più bel piacer del mondo, la più cara voluttà.

Mamma mia,…etc.

Already the moon is in the middle of the sea, oh mother, we will dance.The time is fine for dancing, whoever is in love will be there:Quickly dancing round and round, women mine, do come here,A young man fine and merry will fall to each one of you.As long as in the sky sparkles a star, and the moon shines,The finest boy with the prettiest girl all night will dance.

Oh mother, already the moon is in the middle of the sea…La..la…ra…

Skip, skip, turn, turn, every couple round and round goes,Already steps forward, and backwards, and forward will come again.Tight tight with the blonde, with the dark one step here and there,With the red-head move well, with the pale girl stay still.

Up with dancing round and round, I am a king, I am a pasha,It’s the best pleasure, the greatest delight in the world.

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LA DANZA G. Rossini No.8 of 8 Ariette from Serate Musicali sung by Alberto Sousa

Richard Bonynge, Chris Hopkins, Runette Botha [CB]

Class of 2007 [CB]

Il Castello Castiglione della Pescaia