Author: Love Songs In Spanish
The author, Robert S. Thomson, has a PhD in Romance Languages from Yale University. He has also written “Italian for the Opera” and “Operatic Italian”.
A witty song from 1944: “Would you like to swing on a star?” I have included Bing’s version.
“Chitarra Romana”, a beautiful Italian tango
“Mamma” a heartfelt Italian song from 1940
“O soave fanciulla”: a passionate love duet and the movie “Moonstruck” with Cher.

How to speak like an Italian

Una voce poco fa: two versions. Such a little fox!

Netrebko, Callas and Sutherland: compare their renditions of Casta Diva from Norma
My book, “Florence, Dante and Me” (footnotes)
