Uploaded by ddurbinfan on Sep 1, 2008
17 year old Deanna Durbin with studio recording of ONE FINE DAY by Puccini.
ONE FINE DAY (Un Bel Di Vedremo)
Weeping And why And why
Ah 'tis faith you are lacking hear me
One fine day we'll notice
A thread of smoke arising on the sea
In the far horizon
And then the ship appearing
Then the trim white vessel
Glides into the harbour
Thunders forth her cannon
See you Now he is coming
I do not go to meet him not I
I stay upon the brow of the hillock
And wait there
And wait for a long time
But never weary of the long waiting
From out the crowded city
There is coming a man
A little speck in the distance
Climbing the hillock
Can you guess who it is
And when he's reached the summit
Can you guess what he'll say
He will call Butterfly from the distance
I without answering
Hold myself quietly concealed
A bit to tease him and a bit
So as not to die at our first meeting
And then a little troubled
He will call he will call
Dear baby wife of mine
Dear little orange blossom
The names he used to call me when he came here
This will all come to pass as I tell you
Banish your idle fears
For he will return
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You have choose the better for your life...... we miss you....always... through all these years... but we still may listen your angelical voice... thanks Diana for the few years we could know you and for your magnificent voice!!!!
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@shinawillful they made mistakes in handling her career , as a child Pasternak groomed her but as an adult they gave her poor vehicles to perform in ,
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banish your idle fears !
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What a wonderful interpretation of Puccini's One Fine Day (Um bel di vedremo) - the famous aria in his Opera 'Madame Butterfly' in English. She brought out the anguish, anxiety and pure conviction of poor Mdm Butterfly that her husband would one day return to her.
Vincent Ho
Singapore
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Sublime. God bless you DD!
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she looks like a corss between elizabeth taylor and vivien leigh
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i always think of my mother, she loved Deanna Durbin
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first time i heard this in English, Wonderful, thank you for posting.
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Good Lord, she's beautiful... voice of an angel... I think that we, the public, really missed out on seeing what this songstress and actress would produce if her career had gone on many, many more years.... I hope that she gave up the movies for a truly rewarding and extraordinary marriage & life. LOVE YOU, DEANNA!!!
PinkPoodleSkirt77 7 months ago 5
The only aria I can bear hearing in English translation - it captures for the English speaker all the heartache of the original. Lovely to hear Durbin, a Hollywood star who was not spoilt or destroyed by the system. I believe she married and moved to France, retiring quite early. Like Rossini, had enough of the business...?
shinawillful 1 year ago 5