Caruso (song)
| Caruso | |
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| Lucio Dalla | |
| publication | 1986 |
| length | 5:11 |
| Author (s) | Lucio Dalla |
| album | DallAmeriCaruso |
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Caruso is a song by the Italian musician Lucio Dalla . It is a homage to the tenor Enrico Caruso . The song was published in 1986 has since been numerous musicians gecovert .
Content and general
"Te voglio bene assaje, ma tanto tanto bene sai, è una catena ormai, che scioglie il sangue dint '' e 'vvene sai."
In an interview, Dalla explained the background to the song. He was forced to stop in Sorrento and stay in a hotel there. He learned that he was in the same room in which the tenor Enrico Caruso had lived for some time shortly before his death. In the song he describes in Italian and Neapolitan the difficult and unhappy life of his compatriot. The refrain begins with “Te voglio bene assaje”, which can be translated as “I love you so much” or “I love you so much”.
Cover versions (selection)
- 1989: Luciano Pavarotti on the album Tutto Pavarotti
- 1994: Mario Adorf on the album Al dente
- 1997: Andrea Bocelli on the album Il Mare Calmo della Sera
- 1999: Julio Iglesias on the album My Life: The Greatest Hits
- 2003: Josh Groban on the album Closer
- 2007: Paul Potts on the album One Chance
- 2008: Adoro on the album Adoro with German lyrics as Es wird für Eifel
- 2012: Al Bano on the album Canta Italia
- 2012: Il Divo on the album The Greatest Hits
- 2013: Semino Rossi on the album Symphony of Life (Tour Edition)
- 2014: Gianna Nannini on the album Hitalia
- 2015: Il Volo on the album Grande Amore
- 2016: Jonas Kaufmann on the album Dolce Vita
Individual evidence
- ↑ Album DallAmeriCaruso awarded platinum (Italian) ( Memento of the original from March 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- ↑ Dalla: "Scrissi la canzone su Caruso nell 'albergo dove morì"
- ^ Ilaria Bonomi, Vittorio Coletti (Ed.): L'italiano della musica nel mondo. E-book. Accademia della Crusca, Firenze 2015, ISBN 978-88-6797-423-8 , p. 135 (Italian). Online at ambatene.esteri.it, accessed on July 28, 2017 (PDF; 0.9 MB).
