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: Nessun Dorma, Il Volo

Your Head Trucker, sadly, knows nothing about grand opera; somehow I never the got the memo when that was added to the Agenda. But I just stumbled across some  youngsters I never heard of before, singing a pretty little ditty from one of them old opries - and all I can say is, Wow!  See what you think:

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: