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This two-CD set in his memory consists of 38 tracks, including "Nessun dorma", from the Italian repertoire in which he excelled.
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It is also stuffed inside pointed gourd to make potoler dorma which is a delicacy often prepared to satisfy the palate of the discerning guest.
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It is also stuffed inside pointed gourd to make potoler dorma which is a delicacy often prepared to satisfy the palate of the discerning guest.
WN.com - Articles related to Four new tea clones developed in Assam 2010
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And I said, 'I don't want to play this; I want to play 'Nessun dorma.'
Here to Deal With the Devil Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012
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(I remember a pop critic friend asking me years ago, when Aretha first sang "Nessun dorma," if it was true that this was one of the very hardest pieces in the world to sing.)
'Classical crossover': A label not necessarily to be feared Anne Midgette 2010
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And finally: Puccini's music has carved out a small footprint for itself in popular culture, with varying degrees of success (do you really want to hear Neil Sedaka sing "Nessun dorma"?), but this Bob Belden big-band arrangement of (the first half of) "In questa reggia" (with Wallace Roney on trumpet) is pretty cool.
Oggi rivivi in me! Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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So I just wanted to make sure: did the canned musical accompaniment to the fireworks really segue from the usual unmitigated country-pop crap to a somewhat clumsy edit of Pavarotti singing "Nessun dorma," and then to the finale of Mahler 1?
Archive 2008-07-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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And finally: Puccini's music has carved out a small footprint for itself in popular culture, with varying degrees of success (do you really want to hear Neil Sedaka sing "Nessun dorma"?), but this Bob Belden big-band arrangement of (the first half of) "In questa reggia" (with Wallace Roney on trumpet) is pretty cool.
Archive 2008-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Franklin has been working on classical arias for about 10 years with Mary Callaghan Lynch, a soprano in Detroit who first coached her when Pavarotti invited her to sing "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot," little knowing she would end up substituting for him at the last minute at the Grammys.
Aretha Franklin, Condi Rice show each other a little bit of R-E-S-P-E-C-T 2010
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So I just wanted to make sure: did the canned musical accompaniment to the fireworks really segue from the usual unmitigated country-pop crap to a somewhat clumsy edit of Pavarotti singing "Nessun dorma," and then to the finale of Mahler 1?
Proof through the night Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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