Mario Lanza - Chiribiribin - Gordeeva and Grinkov

Mario's beautiful voice and photos of him along with the exceptional ice skating skill of Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov combine to make a vocal and visual treat. To better enjoy the song, the original Neapolitan lyrics and their English translation are found here below.

Photos of Mario Lanza are from his film The Great Caruso. This film and Mario's other ones are available for purchase from Turner Classic Movies.

Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov (RUS) are actually skating to Vocalise by Rachmaninoff at the 1994 World Professionals, Pairs' Artistic Program in Maryland. The video is from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dBlQSZQILI

"Alberto Pestalozza (1858--8 June 1934) composed (with Carlo Tiochet) and published a popular Italian song, "Ciribiribin", in 1898." (Quote is from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Pestalozza)

Neapolitan lyrics and English translation by http://soundofthunder.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/ciribiribin/

Su finiscila coi baci
It ends with kisses
Bel moruccio birichin
[from] A handsome dark-haired rascal
E non vedi tu la luna
And don't you see the moon
Che dal ciel fa capolin?
That serves to cap the sky?

E se pur la luna spia
And if the moon also spies on us
Noi las ciamola guardar
the chamberlain looks at us
Anzi il pallido suo raggio
Rather its pale rays
Ci consiglia a seguitar!
It counsels us to carry on!

Ma poi chissà? Cosa dirà?
But then who knows? What will it say?
Eh via dirà. Cosa dira? Dira? Dira?
It will say. What will it say? Will say? Will say?

Ciribiribin, Ciribiribin, Ciribiribin
Ciribiribin, Ciribiribin, Ciribiribin
Ciribiribin, che bel facin
Ciribiribin, such a beautiful face
Che sguardo dolce assassin
Such a sweet looking assassin
Ciribiribin, che bel nassin
Ciribiribin, such a beautiful little nose
Che bel dentin, che bel bocchin!
Such beautiful little teeth, such a beautiful little mouth

Ciribiribin, che bel nassin
Ciribiribin, such a beautiful little nose
Che bel dentin, che bel bocchin!
Such beautiful little teeth, such a beautiful little mouth
Ciribiribin, Ciribiribin
Ciribiribin, Ciribiribin
Ciribiribin, che bel bocchin!
Ciribiribin, such a beautiful little mouth!

The following master artists and their paintings are listed in the order of their appearance in the video:
1) Oswald Achenbach (1827 - 1905) - Moonlit Scene of the Bay of Naples
2) Australian Govt. , Dept. of the Environment, Australian Antarctic Division, photo by Chris Hill
3) Tranquillo Cremona (1837-1878) - L'edera (Ivy), 1878, detail
4) Carl Schweninger Jr (1854 -- 1903) - title unknown
5) Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817 -- 1900) - The Bay of Naples, 1845
6) Tranquillo Cremona (1837-1878) - L'edera (Ivy), 1878
7) Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817 -- 1900) -- View of the Sea by Moonlight
8) Aernout van der Neer (c. 1603 -- 1677) -- Moonlit Landscape with Bridge
9) Winslow Homer (1836--1910) -- Moonlight
10) Tranquillo Cremona (1837-1878) -- title unknown
11) Tranquillo Cremona (1837-1878) -- A Double Portrait
12) Tranquillo Cremona (1837-1878) - Attrazione, 1874
13) Tranquillo Cremona (1837-1878) -- title unknown
14) James Sant (1820-1916) -- The Moonlit Beauty
15) Francesco Hayez (1791 -- 1881) - The Kiss (1859), detail
16) Luigi Conconi -- Coppia abbracciata che danza, detail, 1888
17) Tranquillo Cremona (1837-1878) -- Volto Di Ragazza

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