Saturday, February 23, 2013

MUSIC: Puccini Aria "Vissi d'arte"



For all of us who are fans of the TV sitcom, Frasier
This is Niles Crane's favorite aria

Giacomo Puccini
"Vissi d'arte"
Aria from the opera Tosca
Performed by Angela Gheorghiu 

In this aria, Tosca is crying out to God
Telling him all the good she has done
And asking why she is being
Rewarded with such catastrophe and suffering. 



~*~

Frasier's favorite soprano singing this aria is Renata Tebaldi
Here she is performing the same aria

"Vissi d'arte"
Renata Tebaldi
Live Stuttgart 1961



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