Hang Around the World: Music #511 - Instruments

(Operatic) Soprano

(L) O mio babbino caro ("Oh my dear papa") aria

- from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi opera

(R) Un bel di vedremo (“One fine day we shall see”) aria

- from Puccini's Madame Butterfly opera

(L) Musetta's Waltz

- from Puccini's La Bohème opera

(R) Caterina Cavalieri (1755-1801, Austrian soprano)

got the role of Konstanze in

- Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio" singspiel

- excerpt from “Amadeus” (1984 movie)

Queen of the Night aria (coloratura sopranos/花腔)

- from Mozart's Magic Flute opera

Il dolce suono (“The Sweet Sound”) aria

- from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor opera

The Diva Dance aria

(L) excerpt from the “Fifth Element” (1997 movie)

Soprano duet

(L) “Sull'aria” (On the breeze/微風輕拂) duet

aka "The Letter Duettino" [S-S]

- from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro (費加洛婚禮) opera

(R) "Prenderò quel brunettino"

(I'll take the brunette) duet [S-S]

- from Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte" (她們皆如此) opera

Barcarolle duet (威尼斯船歌二重唱)

- soprano & mezzo-soprano

- from Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann" opera

(R) excerpt from "Life is Beautiful" (1997 movie)

(L) "Flower Duet" (花二重唱) [starting 1:18]

(coloratura soprano & mezzo-soprano)

(女主角Lakmé與女奴二重唱)

- from Delibes' "Lakmé" opera

(R) British Airways commercial - alternative for fun

Mezzo & alto

(L) 《可可托海的牧羊人》女中音/mezzo

(R)《站着等你三千年》女低音/alto

(Operatic) Male singers

(L) "Una Furtiva Lagrima" (一顆偷偷落下的眼淚) aria

- Nemorino in tenor

- from Donizetti's "Elisir d'Amore" (愛情靈藥) opera

(R) Santa Lucia Luntana

- in tenor

- a Neapolitan (of Naples) song

(L) "An die Musik" by Franz Schubert

- in baritone

- excerpt from "Le maître de musique"

The Music Teacher (1988 Belgian movie)

(R) "Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso"

(你再不要去做情郎) aria

- Figaro in bass

- from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro"

(費加羅的婚禮) opera

(L) "The Frost Scene"

- King Arthur in spoken role

- from Purcell's “King Arthur” opera

(R) "Adagio"

- Il Divo (3 tenors & 1 baritone)

@ the Roman Coliseum of Pula, Croatia

(Adagio has been commonly attributed to the 18th-century Venetian master Tomaso Albinoni, but actually composed by 20th-century musicologist and Albinoni biographer Remo Giazotto, purportedly based on the discovery of a manuscript fragment by Albinoni.)

(L) "Brindisi" (Drinking Song)

- from Verdi's La traviata opera

- by The Three Tenors (三大男高音演唱會)

- at The World Cup 1994, Los Angeles

(R) a lyrics video

(L) China's Three Tenors / 中國三高演唱會

(R) a tenor duel

屠洪刚《精忠报国》

李龍《大風歌》"楚漢傳奇"片集插曲

- 作曲:徐沛東、作詞:漢高祖劉邦

"原詩句：大風起兮雲飛揚，威加海內兮歸故鄉，安得猛士兮守四方？

《大風歌》裡面的一句歌詞，這是漢高祖劉邦（公元前256-前195）在擊破英布軍以後，回長安時，途經他的故鄉沛（今江蘇徐州市沛縣），設宴招待家鄉的故交父老，酒酣時自己擊筑（古代樂器）而歌，所作慷慨豪情的高歌。漢朝人稱這篇歌辭為《三侯之章》，後人題為《大風歌》（始於《藝文類聚》）。"

(Operatic) Duet

(L) "Here's to Bacchus, Long live Bacchus!" duet

- tenor-bass

- from Mozart's Abduction from Seraglio opera

(R) "There we will entwine our hands" duet

- baritone-soprano

- from Mozart's Don Giovanni opera

(L) “You are my heart's delight” aria

- tenor solo (made M-F-M triplet, 嬲 flirtation)

- from Lehár's Land of Smiles operetta

(R) "Brindisi" (The Drinking Song) duet

- Libiamo ne' lieti calici

- from Verdi's La Traviata opera

"Sempre libera" (Always free) duet

- soprano-tenor

- from Verdi's La traviata opera

40 selected arias (soprano/tenor) for 2.5 hours

Pop bass

"Sixteen Tons"

(L) "Oh Shenandoah"

- a traditional folk song, sung in the Americas

(R) "Autumn Leaves"

(L) "Howlin' Wolf Sings"

- excerpt from "Cadillac Records" (2008 movie)

(R) "Ol' Man River"

- show tune from "Show Boat" (1927 musical)

(L) "Save My Soul" by Blues Saracheno

- main theme in "Men Who Built America" TV series

(R) "Ghost Riders in the Sky"

(L) "Daddy Cool" by Boney M.

(R) "Sound of Silence"

(L) "Drunken Sailor"

(R) "The Wellermen"

Pop solo

(L) “Barter your heart for my phone #”

(R) “Maria” from

“200 Pounds Beauty” (2006 Korean movie)

(R) "Papa" by Paul Anka

Besame mucho by Andrea Bocelli

(L)《站着等你三千年》原唱王琪 - 樂譜

(R)《可可托海的牧羊人》原唱王琪

(L)《長相思》山一程

詞：(清)納蘭性德 (其父納蘭明珠，乃康熙朝重臣之一)

(R) 《將進酒》
詞：(唐)李白

霍尊《卷珠帘》

Pop duet

(L) "Remembering - 蘇州河" ("Danny Boy")

by Andrea Bocelli & Na Ying (那英), remotely

- excerpt from "The Eight Hundred / 八佰" (2020 movie)

(R) 羅文甄妮《鐵血丹心》《世間始終你好》《問誰領風騷》

(L) 李淑勤尹光《火網梵宮十四載之庵堂訴情》

(R) "You're the One That I Want"

by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John

- excerpt from "Grease" (1978 movie)

(L) "Endless Love"

(R) "Hit the Road, Jack"

(originally by Ray Charles) Nice

- excerpt from "The Dream Team" (1989 movie)

Pop chorus

(L) 劉德華x三千歌迷《一起走過的日子》

(R) 伍佰x全場觀眾《浪人情歌》

Paul McCartney et al singing "Hey Jude"

Other voices

Castrato

The following three scores were originally composed for soprano castratoes, but in modern times are rearranged for other voice types (usually soprano, or mezzo-soprano).

(L) Handel - Lascia Ch'io Planga (Leave Me to Weep)

- an Italian-language sopranoaria

- re-enacted in Farinelli (1994 movie)

(R) Händel - Xerxes (or Serse) opera - Largo aria

- "Ombra mai fù" (“Never has there been a shade”)

(L) J.S.Bach - Cantata BWV 30 - Mvt 5. Aria for Alto

(R) Mozart - Exsultate Jubilate

(motet for soprano & orchestra)

- Part 3 is usually sung separately

- where the one single word "Alleluia" is sung repeatedly,

from beginning to end, in various ways, beautifully.

This religious solo motet (經文歌) was composed

when 16-year-old Mozart was visiting Milan.

A cappella

The Moon is Walking

- in the trailer of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal album

It is a cappella by a group of South Africans

called Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Decani (/dɪˈkeɪnaɪ/; Latin: of the dean) is the side of a church choir occupied by the Dean. (In English churches, this is typically the choir stalls on the south side of the chancel.)

The opposite side is known as Cantoris (/kænˈtɔːrɪs/; Latin: of the cantor), the side of a church choir occupied by the Cantor. (In English churches this is typically the choir stalls on the north side of the chancel, although there are some notable exceptions.) - Wiki