Vincerò
The quarantined people of Italy are singing to each other from balconies or windows.
Tenor Maurizio Marchini did just this, taking to his balcony to serenade the rooftops of his hometown, Florence.
Marchini sings Puccini’s impassioned aria from his opera Turandot, ‘Nessun Dorma’, or ‘None shall sleep’. After the aria’s climax with a high B, Maurizio picks up his son and repeats the line Vincerò!, or ‘I will be victorious.’
At full from-the-rooftops volume, which makes the little guy try to cover his ears, but it’s great for the rest of us.
That brought tears.
How could it not?
Outstanding! :,)
What a voice! I got goosebumps from the first bar.
And, yes, tears.
On Paddy’s Day, with everything cancelled and everyone largely self-isolating, my son and his wife serenaded their neighbourhood with the Irish National Anthem, on tuba and clarinet respectively.
Music is food for the soul.
Same here, and it’s been replaying in my head often.