Vieni, c'è una strada nel bosco, il suo nome conosco, vuoi conoscerlo tu? ... (Come, there is path in the woods I know its name do you wish to know it?) This romanza (La strada nel bosco), usually sung by the Tuscan baritone Gino Bechi (1913-1993), comes to mind...
@VP: thanks for the translation but I would have understood! I don't, however, believe I know Gino Bechi. Funny though, I was listening to (and singing along) Verdi yesterday!
@Don and Krise: yes, white and pink rhododendrons. They become huge trees in Cornwall.
@ ciel - Sorry, I thought your Italian was like my French... Bechi was one of the greatest Italian baritones of the time: he left very few records (a Nabucco with maria Callas) but many movies. Now I want to know which opera you were listening/singing...
@VP: Il Trovatore (Callas-di Stefano-Scala 56) and then a bit of Bellini. Ebe Stignani e Maria Callas nel duetto Adalgisa-Norma (il duetto che mi piace di più).
I wish rhododendrons did that well here in Ontario. Where I grew up (New England in the US) they grew wild in the woods. But I fear I didn't appreciate them back then.
Old photo that was scanned.
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A shady lane...did you walk the path? It looks delightful!
Vieni, c'è una strada nel bosco,
il suo nome conosco,
vuoi conoscerlo tu?
...
(Come, there is path in the woods
I know its name
do you wish to know it?)
This romanza (La strada nel bosco), usually sung by the Tuscan baritone Gino Bechi (1913-1993), comes to mind...
What a nice shape the flowering tree makes over the walkway. You caught a perfectly beckoning sight.
What an inviting path. Is that a white rhodie?
Have a great weekend!
lovely capture!
delightful
@VP: thanks for the translation but I would have understood! I don't, however, believe I know Gino Bechi. Funny though, I was listening to (and singing along) Verdi yesterday!
@Don and Krise: yes, white and pink rhododendrons. They become huge trees in Cornwall.
That is quite the most beautiful lane I have seen lately.
I have the issue of "breast feeding" on my main blog today Pick a Peck of Pixels
@ ciel - Sorry, I thought your Italian was like my French...
Bechi was one of the greatest Italian baritones of the time: he left very few records (a Nabucco with maria Callas) but many movies.
Now I want to know which opera you were listening/singing...
@VP: Il Trovatore (Callas-di Stefano-Scala 56) and then a bit of Bellini. Ebe Stignani e Maria Callas nel duetto Adalgisa-Norma (il duetto che mi piace di più).
@VP: P.S.: I don't like Nabucco...
@ ciel - I agree with everything. Bellini is great, I love I Puritani. Nabucco is boring (except the choir).
I wish rhododendrons did that well here in Ontario. Where I grew up (New England in the US) they grew wild in the woods. But I fear I didn't appreciate them back then.
oh Ciel, so adorable!
Great post!
Léia
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