THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
93-Luciano Pavarotti- Nessun dorma.
1990-Number 2 single.
Best Bit-At 2.45.’Your not singing anymore.”Three Lions on a Shirt,’ and ‘You only sing when your winning’ are favourite chants among football fans,but this is the daddy of them all.
‘Nessun dorma’ which in English means ‘None shall sleep’ is an aria(a self contained piece of music from a larger work) from the final act of Giacomo Puccini’s(1858-1924) opera ‘Turandot’ written in 1924 but not first performed until after his death in 1926.
On 7th July 1990 on the eve of the FIFA World Cup Final in Rome a charity concert took place with the three performers being Luciano Pavarotti(1935-2007,) Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo,for the encore Pavarotti sang Nessun dorma. The sight of the three tenors in full costume dress singing in a World Cup concert captivated a global audience.An Album of the concert was released and has gone on to be the best selling operatic Album of all time.
Nessun dorma has become synonymous with football because in 1994 the Three Tenors performed for the World Cup in Los Angeles,again in Paris in 1998 and finally in Yokohama in 2002.
‘Dilegua,o notte! Tramontate,stelle! Tramontate,stelle! All’alba vincerr vincerincerr.
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