Sunday Drive: Belle Nuit

The beloved aria, sung by Marilyn Horne and Montserrat Caballé in Munich, 1990:

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Sunday Drive: Puccini, O Mio Babbino Caro

A favorite of ours:  the lovely aria from Gianni Schicchi, as performed in Munich by the late, great Montserrat Caballé in 1990:

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Sunday Drive: Puccini, Un Bel Di, Latonia Moore

Texas native Latonia Moore at Verizon Hall in Philadelphia in 2010 with a magnificent rendition of the beloved aria.  If you aren't woke now, you will be when Latonia gets done with you.  I tell you what.

Sunday Drive: Handel, Ombra Mai Fu

Many thanks to truckbuddy Tim for today's lovely selection from Xerxes by his favorite tenor countertenor, Andreas Scholl:

Sunday Drive: Puccini, O Mio Babbino Caro

The famous aria, as performed by André Rieu and his orchestra, featuring Brazilian soprano Carmen Monarcha, before an audience of more than 38,000 in Melbourne, Australia, in 2008:

Sunday Drive: O Mi Babbino Caro

A touchingly beautiful interpretation on the violin: