MARIO DEL MONACO SINGS " MATTINATA" BY LEONCAVALLO

Mario del Monaco sings the famous "Mattinata" by Ruggiero Leoncavallo

Studio Orchestra
Ernesto Nicelli
1954

L'Aurora, di bianco vestita,
Già l'uscio dischiude al gran sol,
Di già con le rose sue dita
Carezza de' fiori lo stuol!
Commosso da un fremito arcano
Intorno il creato già par,
E tu non ti desti, ed invano
Mi sto qui dolente a cantar:
Metti anche tu la veste bianca
e schiudi l'uscio al tuo cantor!
Ove non sei la luce manca,
Ove tu sei nasce l'amor! etc.



The dawn, dressed in white,
has already opened the door to the sun,
and with pink fingers
caresses the myriads with flowers.
A mysterious trembling seems
to disturb all nature,
yet you will not get up, and vainly
I stand here sadly and sing.
Dress yourself, too, in white
and open the door to your serenader!
Where you are not, all is dark,
where you are, love is born! etc.

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[lewashcliffe]

Thank you for this beautiful recording. This is Del Monaco at his greatest, full of power, passion, and glory. One of the best recordings of this lovely neopolitan art song ever!

[acqua1951]

Maestro!!!!! Arrivederci!!!!

[r0i0c0c0e]

A matter of taste. Pavarotti is certainly a great tenor but, compared to Del Monaco, (imho) is a bit smaller..... :-)

[Astraea52]

Second only to Luciano in this! After listening to Pavarotti do this only with piano accompaniment, I really find the symphonic treatment distracting from the great voice.

[MultiSuperWitch]

who was that idiot that disliked this????? I shall curse you!

[crapfacejoe]

Not one of his best, but still better than any tenor of the last 40 years.