Pavarotti- Tosti's "Ideale" (live)

If anyone has any specific information on this performance I would appreciate it. I believe this performance is from 1973.

Lyrics: (Italian)
Io ti seguii come iride di pace
Lungo le vie del cielo:
Io ti seguii come un'amica face
De la notte nel velo.
E ti sentii ne la luce, ne l'aria,
Nel profumo dei fiori;
E fu piena la stanza solitaria
Di te, dei tuoi splendori.
In te rapito, al suon de la tua voce,
Lungamente sognai;
E de la terra ogni affanno, ogni croce,
In quel sogno i scordai.
Torna, caro ideal, torna un istante
A sorridermi ancora,
E a me risplenderà, nel tuo sembiante,
Una novella aurora.
Torna....torna......
English translation:
I followed you like a rainbow of peace
A long way across the sky;
I followed you like a friendly face
of the night under a veil.
And you feel it in the light, in the air,
In the scent of the flowers;
And the solitary room was full of you,
of your splendors.
Captivated by you,
by the sound of your voice
A long time I dreamed,
and all the worry of the earth, every cross
In that day is forgotten.
Return, beloved ideal,
Return for an instant.
Give me a smile again,
and to me the sparkle of your countenance
will be a new dawn.
... a new dawn.
Return, beloved ideal, return, return!

Please comment!

I also highly recommend Tosti's "Non t'amo piu," "Addio," "Marechiare," "L'ultima Canzone," "A vuchella," and "Serenata." (in that order! :P)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• pavarotti
• tenor
• francesco
• tosti
• ideale
• neapolitan
• song
• chamber
• salon
• music
• italian

[piterek888421]

kaszka ta troche jest slona... kto pl? :D

[ShawDAMAN]

@piterek888421 Lol. Ciekawa analogia.

[halavey]

he got almost up to Callas on stage but security plain clothes men got him and took him away. Callas remained cool but did not smile or think it was funny I am sure. This is well sung by pavoratti.

[ShawDAMAN]

Thanks for the comments, enjoyable

[ghadaghanem]

thanks for the post. What an incredible voice and feeling melt together

[lukis49]

w której minucie leci kasza ta troche jest słona ?

[gmmix]

Seems to me I heard this on a Sunday afternoon radio broadcast around 1973 over WHYY Phil'a during the last few months of my dad's life. The radio, with built-in cassette recorder, got the strongest signal in his bedroom. He's wasn't a classical music fan but was tolerant.

[angelofsundown]

this is a dream! Thank you very much... it's inbeliveable, how wonderfully he sings this song!

[LorandPercsi]

BRAVO!

[seektheforce]

@halavey Who almost got up to Callas?

[Juliet0307]

It's so extraordinary that there is no word to describe it!

Thank you!

[meltzerboy]

@AulicExclusiva I am honored by your compliment, AE.

[meltzerboy]

@tdeane34 Thank you so much for your informative and insightful comment!