POPERA

Lately I've been thinking about modern pop versions of opera melodies.

Here's Renata Tebaldi singing "Un bel di" from Madama Butterfly. In the opera, it's a song of a Japanese woman hoping for the return of her beloved, an American soldier who fathered her child.



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And here's a version of the melody by Malcolm McLaren, producer of the Sex Pistols.



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