PRESENTING THE TENOR
VOICE OF NICOLA FILARDI
Songs made famous by Mario Lanza
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THE
TENOR VOICE OF NICOLA FILARDI
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SIDE ONE: 1. SERENADE IN THE . NIGHT 2. GRANADA 3. THE DESERT SONG 4. THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR 5. BE MY LOVE 6. SOMEDAY |
SIDE TWO: 1. FUNICULI FUNICULA 2. COME BACK TO SORRENTO 3. COME PRIMA 4. SANTA LUCIA 5. LA DANZA 6. ARRIVEDERCI ROMA |
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SERENADE IN THE NIGHT | ||
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GRANADA | ||
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THE DESERT SONG | ||
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THE LOVELIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR | ||
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BE MY LOVE | ||
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SOMEDAY | ||
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FUNICULI FUNICULA | ||
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COME BACK TO SORRENTO | ||
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COME PRIMA | ||
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SANTA LUCIA | ||
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LA DANZA | ||
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ARRIVEDERCI ROMA | ||
| The exciting tenor voice of
Nicola Filardi has already brought "Bravos!" from opera lovers all over
the western world; from La Scala, Milan to Covent Garden and the U.S.A. Favourable notices in newspapers from Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Austria and South America are scattered throughout his personal scrapbook. In fact, to glance through this enormous book is to find Nicola's name on the same Bill as nearly every great operatic artist of today. Here is an artist of world wide repute who sang four seasons at Monte Carlo, appeared in leading roles with Maria Callas in Sicily and later in the U.S.A., with Renata Tebaldi in Florence; Tito Gobbi at Covent Garden; Jean Madeira at the Vienna State Opera (with Herbert von Kara.jan and Pierre Monteux conducting). In 1960 he sang with Joan Sutherland at Glyndebourne and at the Edinburgh Festival. A year later he starred in the "Tales of Hoffman" at La Scala, Milan. 1962 saw him at the Rome Opera House playing the leading role with Renate Tebaldi in a contemporary opera by Cilea — "Adriana Lecouvreur". After a season in Australia in 1962 for the Elizabethan Trust Opera Company, Nicola made a decision. He brought his charming wife and two children to Australia and made a new, permanent home for them overlooking part of Sydney Harbour. But when Nicola first decided to make Australia his home, his plan was to retire from singing; however, this was not to be. For here was an artist at the peak of his career. (In 1962 he was awarded "La Perla Verde", the Italian 'Oscar', as the most popular operatic artist of the year). His voice was in demand so what was he to do? But Nicola wanted a new challenge. Like many other great singers he began to delve into the world of more popular music (but without forsaking Opera completely). Now, Australian audiences, even though they may not be opera fans, are able to enjoy Nicola Filardi's voice when he appears on TV or in Cabarets and Nightclubs. All of which brings us to this superb recording of songs which everyone knows; Neopolitan Folk Songs, Evergreens and one or two 'big ones' from recent Hit Parades. They are sung with the perfection which a great artist of Filardi's calibre always demands of himself. As he will tell you; "I love to sing. But I have to sing well. I do not only strive to please my own ear, but to please my family, who are more critical than any audience or any newspaper". Cover notes by Eric Rasdall, script writer for Bobby Limb's "Sound of Music" Front cover by Jon Waddy from David Hewison Photography The cover was photographed in Vaucluse House by permission of the Trustees. Vaucluse House, the historic home of William Charles Wentworth, statesman and explorer, is situated at Vaucluse on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour. Surrounded by interesting out-buildings, well-tended gardens and spacious parklands, the house remains today in excellent preservation, almost .as it wes when built by Wentworth in 1830. Vaucluse House is one of Australia's cherished historical possessions and is preserved as a memorial to William Charles Wentworth and of the times in which he lived. |
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