Lucio Dalla, (4 March 1943 – 1 March 2012) was a popular Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He also played clarinet and keyboards. Dalla was the composer of "Caruso" (1986), a song dedicated to Italian tenor Enrico Caruso which has been covered by numerous international artists such as Luciano Pavarotti and Julio Iglesias, Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban. The version sung by Pavarotti sold over 9 million copies. Luciano Pavarotti (October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007) was an Italian tenor and one of the most popular contemporary vocal performers in the world. He not only sang in opera but also in other kinds of music. "Caruso" simply tells about the pain and longings of a man who is about to die while he is looking into the eyes of a girl who was very dear to him. Lucio Dalla told the origin and the meaning of the song in an interview to the main Italian newspaper, il Corriere della Sera. He was stopped in Sorrento with his boat and lodged in a Hotel in Sorrento, in the very same room where many years earlier the tenor Enrico Caruso spent some time shortly before dying. The owners of the hotel told Dalla about the last days of Caruso, and in particular his passion for a young woman to whom he was giving singing lessons. Lucio Dalla says he was inspired by these stories to write this song. In the song it says "Surriento", in the Neapolitan dialect meaning Sorrento. This is where Caruso spent many days in convalescence before he finally died at Vesuvio Hotel in Naples. ----- Thankful to my wonderful friend "marvellouseffect" (https://www.youtube.com/user/marvellouseffect) for her precious and always indefectible help, with translation to english from italian lyrics ----- Lyrics: Italian / English Qui dove il mare luccica e tira forte il vento Here where the sea glitters and the wind blows su una vecchia terrazza davanti al golfo di Surriento on an old terrace in front of the Gulf of “Surriento” un uomo abbraccia una ragazza dopo che aveva pianto a man ‘s hugging a girl after having cried poi si schiarisce la voce e ricomincia il canto. Then he clears his throat and starts singing again Te voglio bene assaje I love you so much ma tanto, tanto bene, sai so much,so much,you know è una catena ormai it’s a chain by now che scioglie il sangue dint' ‘e vvene, sai melting the blood within the veins,you know Vide le luci in mezzo al mare He saw the lights out on the sea pensò alle notti là in America He thought about the nights there in America ma erano solo le lampare but they were just the fishing lamps e la bianca scia di un'elica and the white wake of a screw Sentì il dolore nella musica, si alzò dal pianoforte He felt the pain in the music,He stood up from the piano ma quando vide la luna uscire da una nuvola but when he saw the moon come out of a cloud gli sembrò più dolce anche la morte even death seemed sweeter to him Guardò negli occhi la ragazza, He looked at the girl in the eyes quegli occhi verdi come il mare those eyes as green as the sea poi all'improvviso uscì una lacrima then suddenly a tear came out e lui credette di affogare and he thought he was drowning Te voglio bene assaje I love you so much ma tanto, tanto bene, sai so much,so much,you know è una catena ormai it’s a chain by now che scioglie il sangue dint' ‘e vvene, sai melting the blood within the veins,you know Potenza della lirica dove ogni dramma è un falso The power of the Opera where every play is a fake che con un po' di trucco e con la mimica so that with a little make-up and the miming puoi diventare un altro you can become someone else ma due occhi che ti guardano, così vicini e veri but a couple of such close and real eyes looking at you ti fan scordare le parole, confondono i pensieri make you forget words, confuse your thoughts Così diventa tutto piccolo, So,everything gets small anche le notti là in America even the nights over there in America ti volti e vedi la tua vita come la scia di un'elica you turn back and see your life like the wake of a screw Ma sì, è la vita che finisce, But yes,that’s life’s ending ma lui non ci pensò poi tanto but he didn’t think about it that much Anzi, si sentiva già felice Actually,he was already feeling happy e ricominciò il suo canto and started his singing again Te voglio bene assaje, I love you so much ma tanto, tanto bene, sai so much,so much, you know è una catena ormai it’s a chain by now che scioglie il sangue dint' ‘e vvene sai melting the blood within the veins,you know Te voglio bene assaje I love you so much ma tanto, tanto bene, sai so much,so much, you know è una catena ormai it’s a chain by now che scioglie il sangue dint' ‘e vvene.. melting the blood within the veins.. All media featured is owned by the respective parties, this media is displayed under the Fair Use laws for the purposes of commentary, criticism and review.

• published: 12 Feb 2016
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