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La Donna e Mobile - Verdi

La Donna E Mobile
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La Donna È Mobile
from opera Rigoletto
by Giuseppe Verdi

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The ""La Donna È Mobile" (pronounced [la ˈdɔnna ˌɛ mˈmɔːbile]; "Woman is fickle") " is the Duke of Mantua's canzone from the beginning of act 3 of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto (1851). The canzone is famous as a showcase for tenors. Raffaele Mirate's performance of the bravura aria at the opera's 1851 premiere was hailed as the highlight of the evening. Before the opera's first public performance (in Venice), the song was rehearsed under tight secrecy: a necessary precaution, as "La donna è mobile" proved to be incredibly catchy, and soon after the song's first public performance it became popular to sing among Venetian gondoliers.As the opera progresses, the reprise of the tune in the following scenes contributes to Rigoletto's confusion as he realizes from the sound of the Duke's lively voice coming from the tavern (offstage), that the body in the sack over which he had grimly triumphed, was not that of the Duke after all: Rigoletto had paid Sparafucile, an assassin, to kill the Duke, but Sparafucile had deceived Rigoletto by indiscriminately killing Gilda, Rigoletto's beloved daughter, instead.

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Luciano Pavarotti

Lyrics (Italian)

La donna è mobile

La donna è mobile.
Qual piuma al vento,
muta d'accento e di pensiero.
Sempre un amabile,
leggiadro viso,
in pianto o in riso, è menzognero.

[Ritornello:]
La donna è mobil.
Qual piuma al vento,
muta d'accento e di pensier!
e di pensier!
e di pensier!

È sempre misero
chi a lei s’affida,
chi le confida mal cauto il cuore!
Pur mai non sentesi
felice appieno
chi su quel seno non liba amore!

[Ritornello:]
La donna è mobil
Qual piuma al vento,
muta d'accento e di pensier!
e di pensier!
e di pensier!

Lyrics (English translation)

Women are Changeable

Like a feather in the wind,
Their tone changes, as do their minds.
Always an endearing,
elegant face,
whether in tears or laughter: It's deceitful

[Refrain:]
Women are changeable
Like a feather in the wind
Their tone changes...as do their minds!
As do their minds!
As do their minds!

He's always miserable,
the one who puts his trust in them
who confides in them his unwary heart!
Yet he would never feel
completely happy
He who from this breast, does not imbibe love.

[Refrain]

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Shallow
from A Star Is Born
by Lady Gaga

Shallow

The "Shallow" is a song performed by American singer Lady Gaga and American actor and filmmaker Bradley Cooper. It was released through Interscope Records on September 27, 2018 as the lead single from the soundtrack of the 2018 musical drama film, A Star Is Born (2018). "Shallow" was written by Gaga with Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando and Mark Ronson, and produced by Gaga with Benjamin Rice. The song is heard three times throughout the film, most prominently during a sequence when Cooper's character Jackson Maine invites Gaga's character Ally to perform it onstage with him. The scene was filmed in front of a live audience at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, California.
"Shallow" is a pivotal moment in A Star Is Born, since it speaks about Ally and Jackson's conversations. Gaga wrote it from Ally's point of view with the self-aware lyrics asking each other if they are content being who they are. A country and folk pop power ballad, the song finds Gaga and Cooper trading verses and gradually moves toward the final chorus with a vocal run by Gaga. The recording is interspersed with the sound of audience noise and applause. Gaga premiered it on DJ Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show while giving an interview about the film. An accompanying music video was also released, showing both Cooper and Gaga's characters singing "Shallow" together onstage, interspersed with scenes from A Star Is Born.
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Lyrics

Shallow

Tell me somethin', girl
Are you happy in this modern world?
Or do you need more?
Is there somethin' else you're searchin' for?

I'm falling
In all the good times I find myself
Longin' for change
And in the bad times I fear myself

Tell me something, boy
Aren't you tired tryin' to fill that void?
Or do you need more?
Ain't it hard keeping it so hardcore?

I'm falling
In all the good times I find myself
Longing for change
And in the bad times I fear myself

I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in
I'll never meet the ground
Crash through the surface, where they can't hurt us
We're far from the shallow now

In the shallow, shallow
In the shallow, shallow
In the shallow, shallow
We're far from the shallow now

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Whoah!

I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in
I'll never meet the ground
Crash through the surface, where they can't hurt us
We're far from the shallow now

In the shallow, shallow
In the shallow, shallow
In the shallow, shallow
We're far from the shallow now

Songwriters: Andrew Wyatt / Anthony Rossomando / Mark Ronson / Stefani Germanotta

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