La donna è mobile

La donna è mobile (Woman is fickle)
Canzone from Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto" (1851) 
Performed by Enrico Caruso (1908)

--Restored 20 March 2014 by Nathaniel S. Johnson

Luna d'estate by Francesco Paolo Tosti

Electrical re-recreated 03/11/1927

Restored and Remastered by Nathaniel S. Johnson 11/22/2013

Luna d'estate, ho un sogno nel mio cuore
E vo' cantando tutta notte al mare:
Mi son fermato a una finestra in fiore
Perchè l'anima mia febbre ha d'amore.

Mi son fermato a una finestra in fiore
Ove son due pupille affatturate.
E chi le guarda soffre per amore
E sogna per desìo, luna d'estate!

Luna d'estate, amore è come il mare
Ed il mio cuore è un'onda seza posa:
Ma solamente lo potran fermare
Le pupille e il labbro suo di rosa.

E vo' cantando tutta notte al mare
Per quelle due pupille addormentate.
Ho il pianto agli occhi e la speranza in cuore
E splendo come te, luna d'estate!

((translation))

Summer moon, I have a dream in my heart
And I go on singing all night by the sea:
I stopped at a flower-decked window
Because my soul has caught the fever of love.

I stopped at a flower-decked window
Where there are two spellbinding eyes.
And whoever sees them suffers from love
And dreams with desire, summer moon!

Summer moon, love is like the sea
And my heart is a constantly moving wave:
But it can only be stopped by
Her eyes and her rosy lips.

And I go on singing all night by the sea
Because of two sleeping eyes.
I have tears in my eyes and hope in my heart
And I shine like you, summer moon!

"Si, pel ciel" - Verdi "Otello" (Act II)

Duet with Tita Ruffo, Baritone (their only recording made together)
January 8, 1914

Restored & Remastered by Nathaniel S. Johnson

October 13, 2013



Mascagni "O Lola" (Siciliano) from Cavalleria rusticana

Restored and remastered by Nathaniel S. Johnson
(Recorded 28 December 1910)

"E lucevan le stelle" (Tosca) 1909

Puccini "E lucevan le stelle" (Tosca) Recorded 6 November 1909
Restored & Remastered by Nathaniel S. Johnson 11/25/2013
(this is a better attempt than the one I posted a year ago - difficult, nonetheless)

"My Cousin" SIlent starrring Caruso (Part 1)

"My Cousin" SIlent starrring Caruso playing two roles(Part 1)

Caruso-Scotti Verdi: "Solenne in Quest'ora"

Caruso/Scotti: Verdi (La Forza del Destino) "Solenne in Quest'ora" Recorded 13 March 1906
Restored & Remastered by Nathaniel S. Johnson 7/22/2012
(from prime source)