This is the aria Questa o quella from Verdi's Opera Rigoletto.
0:00 Enrico Caruso Rec 16. 3. 1908.
2:07 John McCormack Rec 1. 5. 1913.
4:09 Joseph Schmidt Rec 1931
6:00 Jussi Bjorling Rec 16. 6. 1941
8:08 Luciano Pavarotti Rec date not known.
A translation of the aria is as follows
This girl or that girl are just
the same to me,
to all the others around me
I won't give away my heart
to this beauty nor to the others.
Their charm is a gift
Given by destiny to embellish their lives
If today I love this one
I'll probably love someone else tomorrow.
We hate constancy, the heart's tyrant,
as if it were a cruel plague,
Let those who wish to be faithful
keep their fidelity alive;
There is no love without freedom.
The rage of jealous husbands
and lovers' woes I despise,
I can defy Argo's hundred eyes
If I fancy a beautiful girl.
These are original studio recordings. The first four have been newly restored and, just to give a live effect and to provide a smooth transition between tracks, I have added applause.
Негізгі бет Questa o quella (Rigoletto - Verdi) : Caruso, McCormack, Schmidt, Bjorling, Pavarotti.
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