"out Turandot's command: ""Cosi comanda Turandot"" – ""This night, none shall sleep in Peking! The penalty for all will be death if the Prince's name is not discovered by morning"". The Prince waits for dawn and anticipates his victory: ""Nessun dorma"" – ""Nobody shall sleep!"" Ping, Pong, and Pang appear and offer the Prince women and riches if he will only give up Turandot (""Tu che guardi le stelle""), but he refuses. A group of soldiers then drag in Timur and Liù. They have been seen speaking to the Prince, so they must know his name. Turandot enters and orders"
"Nessun dorma """" (; English: ""None shall sleep"") is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera ""Turandot"" and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, (the unknown prince), who falls in love at first sight with the beautiful but cold Princess Turandot. However, any man who wishes to wed Turandot must first answer her three riddles; if he fails, he will be beheaded. In the aria, Calaf expresses his triumphant assurance that he will win the princess. Although ""Nessun dorma"" has long been a staple of operatic recitals, Luciano Pavarotti"
"and is disappointed to know of his love for l'Arlesiana. When he has been left alone, Federico reads the letters of l'Arlesiana and ponders them with his broken heart. """" (English: ""None shall sleep"") is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera ""Turandot"", and is perhaps the most lyrical piece of music known to the public, thanks to Luciano Pavarotti, which had made it a staple in his repertoire, especially in his performances outside the opera houses. Several artists, including Aretha Franklin; Jeff Beck; Chris Botti,; Sarah Brightman, amongst others. The last two tracks are ""E lucevan"
"by Pavarotti himself as part of his fictional role in the film ""Yes, Giorgio"". ""Nessun dorma"" is also the title of a short film by Ken Russell included in the 1987 film ""Aria"". Nessun dorma is the title of a football podcast, hosted by ""The Guardian"" journalist Lee Calvert and featuring sports writers past and present, that celebrates 1980s and 1990s football. Nessun dorma """" (; English: ""None shall sleep"") is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera ""Turandot"" and one of the best-known tenor arias in all opera. It is sung by Calaf, (the unknown prince),"
"Sleepless (2001 film) Sleepless (Italian: Non ho sonno) is a 2001 Italian giallo film directed by Dario Argento. The film stars Max von Sydow and Stefano Dionisi and marks Argento's return to the giallo subgenre. The film was another box office success when it opened in Italy, taking in over $5,019,733,505 lira ($3,280,080 US) by the end of its theatrical run. Detective Ulisse Moretti (von Sydow) is investigating a series of murders in Turin in 1983, known as The Dwarf Murders. The main suspect, a giallo novelist named Vincenzo de Fabritiis, a person with dwarfism, turns up dead and the"
"""Rome, Open City"", ""Paisà"", ""General della Rovere"", ""Violent Summer"", ""Long Night in 1943"", ""Escape by Night"", ""Two Women"", ""The Fascist"", ""The Abandoned"", ""The Four Days of Naples"", and ""Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom. Along the Venetian seaside, on the morning of September 8, 1943, Alberto Innocenzi, junior NCO of the Royal Italian Army is shocked when (in response to the separate surrender signed by the Badoglio government in Cassibile) the former allies of the Wehrmacht surround and take by storm the base where he's stationed. Innocenzi, along with some disbanded soldiers, manages to distance the German troops and"
"Sonno Profondo Sonno Profondo, also known as Deep Sleep, is an Italian giallo film. In spite of being shot in Argentina, the film’s screenplay is written in Italian. The movie is set in the 1970s. ""Sonno Profondo"" is a feature film directed and written by Luciano Onetti and produced by Nicolás Onetti. The film had excellent critics after its World Premiere at Sitges 2013. The soundtrack was composed by Luciano Onetti in the style of Ennio Morricone. ""Sonno Profondo"" won the Tabloid Witch Awards for ""Best Music Soundtrack"". After murdering a woman, a killer that is traumatized from his childhood"
"sleeping. Zulma and Haly speculate about Isabella's real intentions and the quantity of alcohol ordered for the ceremony. ""Isabella's apartment"" She addresses the Italian slaves who will be ""pappataci"" in the ceremony - she will lead them to freedom (""Pensa alla patria""). The ceremony begins (""Dei pappataci s'avanza il coro""); Mustafà is delighted with his new honour and changes into appropriate costume. Isabella explains his obligations. He must swear an oath of eating, drinking, and keeping silent, repeating the words after Taddeo. Following that his oath is tested, under provocation by Isabella and Lindoro. A European ship lies alongside the"
"Stasera niente di nuovo Stasera niente di nuovo (literally: ""Tonight nothing is new"") is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Alida Valli. Cesare, a journalist, recognizes among some prostitutes arrested by the police, the young woman that saved his life some time earlier, without his having learned her identity. He tries to help the woman, Maria, and convince her to change her life, but without success. Later on, Maria asks Cesare for his help. She is dying in a hospital, but cannot tell her parents, because, some time earlier, she had told them that she"
"Svegliatevi nel core ""Svegliatevi nel core"" is an aria taken from act 1, scene 4 of the Italian language opera seria, ""Giulio Cesare"", by George Frideric Handel. The aria is written for the role of Sesto, a soprano in trouser role, including during the premiere, who sings it to assure his mother that he will avenge the death of his father, Pompey, who was assassinated by the Egyptians, instructed by Tolomeo (Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator) to demonstrate the Egyptians' loyalty to Julius Caesar. The words were written by Nicola Francesco Haym. Today, the role is also often sung by countertenor."
"Bad Girls Don't Cry La notte brava (internationally released as Bad Girls Don't Cry, ""Night Heat"" and ""On Any Street"") is a 1959 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. The film represents the debut of Tomas Milian in the Italian film industry. This movie is a socially conscious drama chronicling the exploits of three Roman thugs. The young men spend the day committing petty crimes, and culminate it in a rendezvous with three streetwalkers. After taking their pleasure, the men attempt to cheat the hookers out of their money, but the women outsmart them. That night, the guys return"
"Nessuno ""Nessuno"" (literally ""Nobody"") is a 1959 Italian song composed by Antonietta De Simone and Edilio Capotosti. The song premiered at the ninth edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, with a double performance by Wilma De Angelis and Betty Curtis, and placed at the eighth place. Ignored by the public in its original versions, the song got a large commercial success thanks to the rock'n'roll version recorded by Mina. Mina's version was performed in fortissimo and in a syncopated style, distorting the linearity of the original melody. This version of the song premiered at the Festival of Rock and Roll"
"7 November 1959 by Minister . Bad Girls Don't Cry La notte brava (internationally released as Bad Girls Don't Cry, ""Night Heat"" and ""On Any Street"") is a 1959 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. The film represents the debut of Tomas Milian in the Italian film industry. This movie is a socially conscious drama chronicling the exploits of three Roman thugs. The young men spend the day committing petty crimes, and culminate it in a rendezvous with three streetwalkers. After taking their pleasure, the men attempt to cheat the hookers out of their money, but the women outsmart"
"Il Canto degli Italiani ""Il Canto degli Italiani"" (; ""The Song of Italians"" or ""The Chant of Italians"") is the national anthem of Italy. It is best known among Italians as the ""Inno di Mameli"" (, ""Mameli's Hymn""), after the author of the lyrics, or ""Fratelli d'Italia"" (, ""Brothers of Italy""), from its opening line. The words were written in the autumn of 1847 in Genoa, by the then 20-year-old student and patriot Goffredo Mameli. Two months later, they were set to music in Turin by another Genoese, Michele Novaro. The hymn enjoyed widespread popularity throughout the period of the"
"Dormant Beauty Dormant Beauty () is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Marco Bellocchio and starring Toni Servillo and Isabelle Huppert. The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. For this film Maya Sansa won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress. In 1992 the young Eluana Englaro (because of an incident remains) is in a coma. She is deemed incurable. In 2009 her parents opt to euthanize her. In Italy it isn't legal to do this; the Catholic church and politics are hurled ruthlessly against them. In the"
"’O surdato ’nnammurato ’O surdato ’nnammurato (; in English: ""The Soldier in Love"") is a famous song written in the Neapolitan language. The song is used as the anthem of S.S.C. Napoli. The words were written by Aniello Califano and the music composed by Enrico Cannio in 1915. The song describes the sadness of a soldier who is fighting at the front during World War I, and who pines for his beloved. Originally Cannio's sheet music was published with piano accompaniment, but in recordings, on 78rpm, then LP, Neapolitan standards such as ""O surdato"" have usually been orchestrated to suit"
"the soldiers move out, the women move inside, and the Stranger is dragged off. ""Scene 1: Aurelio and Eleonora's quarters"" While Aurelio and his son sleep, Eleanore watches over them. Aware of the impending siege, she prays for some brief comfort: (""Breve riposo a lui concde il sonno"" / ""May sleep grant a short rest""). Waking suddenly from a bad dream, Aurelio is startled and he describes it, telling that his son was captured and killed by English soldiers before his eyes. (Duet: first Aurelio: ""Io l'udia chiarmarmi a nome"" / ""In his sobs and terror..."", then Eleonora: ""Rio presagio!...amato"
"Non so che darei ""Non so che darei"" (English translation: ""I don't know what to give"") was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in Italian by Alan Sorrenti. The song deals with Sorrenti's feelings for his lover. He tells her that he does not know what he would do if he were to lose her and also that he does not know what he would give to stop time and be able to spend the night with her. The song was performed sixth on the night, following Morocco's Samira Bensaïd with ""Bitaqat Khub"" and preceding Denmark's"
"party. Moro writes many letters to politicians, Pope Paul VI, and his family, but the Italian government refuses to negotiate. A female member of the group, played by Maya Sansa, suffers doubts about the plan. Bellocchio had already directed a documentary, in 1995, about the Red Brigades and the kidnapping of Aldo Moro. It was entitled ""Sogni infranti"" (""Broken Dreams""). The title of the film comes from the poem ""Good morning, midnight"" by Emily Dickinson, in the 2001 Italian translation by the poet and novelist Nicola Gardini, who first used the form «Buongiorno, notte». The film was produced by Filmalbatros"
"souls"". Dante also speaks with the souls of contemporary Italian statesmen Currado Malaspina and Nino Visconti, the latter being a personal friend whom Dante rejoices at not having found among the damned. As night approaches, the souls sing the Compline hymns ""Salve Regina"" and ""Te lucis ante terminum"". Dante's beautiful description of evening in this valley was the inspiration for a similar passage in Byron's ""Don Juan"": Dante falls asleep at 8:30 PM; his dream takes place just before the dawn of Easter Monday and he awakens just after 8 AM. Waking, Dante finds that he has been carried up"
"sleep. He departs and returns once more, this time as a blind man demanding a complex medicine for his sick “wife.” Annibale tries to usher him out and return to Serafina, but it is too late. Dawn has arrived, and he must leave to oversee his aunt’s will in Rome. Serafina ushers him out the door, and Enrico joins the guests in reminding Annibale that the pleasures of his wedding night will follow him for the rest of his life. Everyone bids Annibale goodbye. Notes Cited sources Other sources Il campanello Il campanello or ""Il campanello di notte"" (""The Night"
"Non piangere, Liù ""Non piangere, Liù"" (""Don't cry, Liù"") is an aria sung by Calàf, the ""Unknown Prince"", in act one of the Italian opera ""Turandot"" by Giacomo Puccini. The lyrics were written by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. The scene takes place before the walls of the imperial palace. In the preceding aria (""Signore, ascolta!"" - ""My lord, listen!""), Liù begs Calàf not to risk his life by playing a deadly game to marry Princess Turandot, and Calàf responds to her gently, asking her not to cry. <poem lang=""it"" style=""float:left;"">Non piangere, Liù se in un lontano giorno io t'ho"
"the square. Elvino declares that he will renew his vows and proceed to marry Lisa. She is delighted. As they are about to go to the church, Rodolfo enters and tries to explain that Amina is innocent because she did not come to his room awake – she is a somnambulist, a sleepwalker: (Duet, first Elvino ""Signor Conte, agli occhi miei / negar fede non poss'io"" / ""I cannot deny, my lord, what my eyes have seen""; then Rodolfo ""V'han certuni che dormendo"" / ""Certain people when they sleep go about as if awake"".) Elvino refuses to believe him and"
"/ ""They are both asleep ... they shall not see the hand which strikes them."") But she cannot bring herself to do it: (Aria: ""Teneri, teneri figli, Essi, pur dianzi delizia mia"" / ""My dear, dear sons; a moment ago they were my delight, in their smiles, I thought I saw the forgiveness of heaven."") The children wake up and she calls for Clotilde, demanding that Adalgisa be brought to her. The young priestess enters, concerned at how pale Norma looks. Norma makes her swear to do everything she asks and, upon her agreement, tells her that she is entrusting"
"was married. So, in the last hours of her life, Cesare marries Maria, and then calls for her family to be with her. In the movie, Alida Valli sings the song “Ma l’amore no” (by Galdieri and D'Anzi). The song became very popular, and was played repeatedly on the radio in the last years of World War II, becoming a leitmotif of the 1940s for many Italians. The song was reintroduced by Giuseppe Tornatore in his 2000 film Malèna, with Monica Bellucci. Stasera niente di nuovo Stasera niente di nuovo (literally: ""Tonight nothing is new"") is a 1942 Italian drama"
"monument in honour of the fallen. Each year, 335 names are called out, a simple (seemingly endless) roll call of the dead, to reinforce that 335 discrete individuals symbolise a collective entity. In July 1943, the Allies landed in Sicily, preparing to invade the mainland, and Rome was bombed for the first time. On 24 July, the Fascist Grand Council, which the dictator Benito Mussolini had not convened since 1939, met and overwhelmingly voted no confidence in Mussolini. The following day, anxious to extricate his country from an unsustainable war, King Victor Emanuel III, the titular head of the Italian"
"the National Italian Workers' Union (CISNAL) close to the neofascist movement became the informal leader of the rebel Action Committee and of the revolt. ""Boia chi molla"" () (Death to him who gives up) was the right-wing rallying cry during the revolt. Most of the Italian press labeled the demonstrators fascists and hooligans against the center‐left Government in Rome, but according to Time magazine the revolt cut across class barriers, quoting Reggio's mayor at the time, Pietro Battaglia, who declared that it was a ""citizens' revolt"". On July 22, 1970, a bomb exploded on ""Treno del Sole"", the Palermo-Turin train,"
"Satan Never Sleeps Satan Never Sleeps (also known as The Devil Never Sleeps) is a 1962 American film directed by Leo McCarey, his final film, in which he returns to the religious themes of his classics ""Going My Way"" (1944) and ""The Bells of St. Mary's"" (1945). It also is the final screen appearance of actor Clifton Webb. It is about a priest, Father O'Banion (William Holden), who arrives at a mission-post in China accompanied by a young native girl, Siu Lan (France Nuyen), who has joined him along the way. His job is to relieve the incumbent priest Father"
"Un'estate italiana ""Un'estate italiana"" (Italian, ), ""Un verano italiano"" (Spanish; both meaning ""An Italian summer"") or ""To be number one"" (English), is a 1990 song composed by Giorgio Moroder with lyrics by Tom Whitlock for the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy. The Italian version, also known as ""Notti magiche"" (""Magical nights"") in Italy, was recorded by Italian artists Edoardo Bennato and Gianna Nannini, who also wrote the Italian lyrics. The Spanish version, also known as ""Noches mágicas"" in Spanish, was recorded by Paraguayuan Susan Ferrer, who also wrote the Spanish lyrics. The song achieved success on the charts"
"and no Germans thrown in. The film was filmed in Licata and Agrigento. It was completely shot in English, with great difficulty for the lead actor Nino Manfredi due to his lacking of English language skills. The English-language version took its title from the American anacronym during the war used for situational conditions before any sanctioned mission by the military: SNAFU, meaning Situation Normal, All Fouled Up. Rosolino Paternò, soldato... Rosolino Paternò, soldato... (also known as Operation Snafu and Situation Normal: A.F.U) is a 1970 Italian comedy film. The film stars Martin Landau, Jason Robards, and Peter Falk. In the"
"I Don't Want to Sleep Alone I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (Chinese: 黑眼圈 Hēi yǎn quān) is a 2006 Malaysian-Taiwanese romantic drama film written and directed by Tsai Ming-liang. Lee Kang-sheng stars in a dual role as a brain-dead patient and as an injured homeless man. The film also stars Norman Atun and Chen Shiang-chyi. The film tells two parallel stories. A brain-dead man, or Paralyzed Guy (as identified in the credits; played by Lee) is abused by his mother and cared for by his family's maid (Chen). Meanwhile, a homeless day laborer, or Homeless Guy (as identified in"
"before she falls asleep by a nearby shrine offers prayers to be chosen to lead the French forces. (Aria: ""Sempre all'alba ed alla sera"" – ""always at dawn and in the evening""). Suddenly, Charles arrives, prepared to lay down his arms at the base of the tree. Meanwhile, the sleeping Giovanna has visions in which angels ask her to become a soldier and lead France to victory (""Tu sei bella"", the Demons' Waltz). She cries out that she is ready to do so. Charles overhears her and thrills at her courage. Her father Giacomo weeps, believing that his daughter has"
"his wife dead, he himself no longer has a heart (""senza cor""). Charon (bass-baritone) is initially unmoved, but when Orpheus continues singing, and then plays his lyre, Charon is lulled to sleep. Orpheus crosses over the Styx in Charon's boat, singing ""Rendetemi il mio ben, tartarei Numi!"" (Give me back my love, O gods of Tartarus!). The Chorus of Spirits then sing ""Nulla impresa per uom si tenta invano,"" (No enterprise of man is undertaken in vain...) to close the third act. This aria is one of the most important musical documents of early Italian Baroque performance practice. In the"