Here is a program filled with sunshine for a spring day! Franco Corelli sings “’O sole mio” plus arias from Rigoletto, Romeo and Juliet, and May Night. Also spreading sunshine are Karita Mattila, Piotr Beczała, Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, and Nicolai Gedda.
“Here Comes the Sun” by Paul McCartney
The Beatles
(London 1969. Apple Records)
“Ah! Leve‐toi soleil!” Faust by Charles Gounod
Piotr Beczała, tenor; Orchestra of the National Opera of Lyon; Alain Altinoglu, conductor
(Lyon 2014. DGG 00289 479 4101)
“E il sol dell’ anima” Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
Renata Scotto, soprano; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor; Orchestra of La Scala; Rafael Kubelík, conductor
(Milan 1964. DGG 00289 477 8274)
“The sun goes down” May Night by Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov
Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Gika Zdravkovich, conductor; Nicolai Gedda, tenor
(Belgrade 1969. EMI 5 65689 2)
“When the Sun Shines” by Oskar Merikanto
Karita Mattila, soprano; Ilmo Ranta, piano
(Helsinki. ONDINE ODE 1054‐2)
“’O sole mio” by Eduardo di Capua
Franco Corelli, tenor; with Orchestra; Raffaele Mingardo, conductor
(Milan 1961. EMI 5 69532 2)
“I Got the Sun in the Morning” from Annie Get Your Gun by Irving Berlin
Kim Criswell, entertainer-actress; Ambrosian Chorus; London Sinfonietta; John McGlinn, conductor
(London 1990. EMI 6 98340 2)