Rondine al nido

""Rondine al nido""
Song
LanguageItalian
English title"Swallow's Nest"
Written1926
GenreRomance song
Composer(s)Vincenzo de Crescenzo
Lyricist(s)Luigi Sica

Rondine al nido is a romance and one of the best known works of the Italian composer Vincenzo de Crescenzo, whose music was in the repertoire of Beniamino Gigli, Tito Schipa, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Richard Tucker, Luciano Pavarotti, Luigi Infantino, Ramón Vargas, Robert Dean Smith, Francesco Albanese, among many others.

Written by de Crescenzo in the early 20th century (1926),[1] it deals with lost love. While written and performed as a Neapolitan song, but with lyrics in Italian, it is more like an aria of the late Romantic period, demanding of the singer high intensity, high notes, and excellent breath control.[2] It begins calmly and lightly, and then it becomes a passionate outburst.[2] The second stanza repeats this scheme.[2]

The song was sung by tenor Agostino Castagnola as The Doctor (EMH) portrayed by Robert Picardo in the 13th episode, Virtuoso, of the sixth season of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. The episode was first aired on 26 January 2000 in the United States.[3] The song is performed in Las Vegas at the Bellagio's fountain, which dances to Luciano Pavarotti's version of the song.[4][5]

Rondine al Nido is also the title of a short story by Claire Vaye Watkins, from her collection Battleborn.

  1. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions, Part 3, Volume 20, Issue 2 (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926)
  2. ^ a b c Feeney, Ann. "Rondine al nido for voice & orchestra" (DLL). Overview. All Music Guide. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
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  4. ^ Gold, Scott (2004-10-10). "Shops Feel Fountains Go With the Vegas Territory". Articles > National. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
  5. ^ "Bellagio Fountains - Las Vegas". MGM Resorts International.