[lit-ideas] Re: Speaking of Puccini ....


On 21-Aug-08, at 2:07 AM, Richard Henninge wrote:
Then, of course, there's Nessun Dorma, the quintessential tenor aria. Youtube the Paul Potts version just to get started.
Also on Youtube you will find many offerings of Mr Bean's hilarious miming of Puccini's 'O Mio Babbino Caro' (on one clip incorrectly labelled 'O Mio BaMbino Caro' - apparently a common mistake) from the film 'Mr Bean's Holiday'. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wQhyRaKzys&feature=related

The Wikipedia article on this aria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_mio_babbino_caro
is of some interest - unfortunately, while mention of the Mr Bean mime is made, the recording used is not identified (and there is no mention of this interpreter in the list of performers given at the beginning of the article). It is Rita Streich with the Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra conducted by Reinhard Peters. A film clip of Rita Streich performing this aria 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT7WWseWmyU&feature=related
is also available on Youtube. (Perhaps some charitable list member would care to edit the Wikipedia article.) 

Chris Bruce
Kiel, Germany
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