Today marks 4 months of every day performances. It won't be the end of regular at home/in hotel room performances on a regular basis, but they will be less frequent from this point on. This is a very dramatic aria taken from Pagliacci composer Ruggero Leoncavallo's version of La Boheme. It was premiered close to the same time as the far more famous version by Puccini. Puccini and Leoncavallo had been good friends before this time, with Leoncavallo having written some of the libretto for Puccini'

Today’s daily performance is an upbeat Donizetti Neopolitan song. Ma Voglio fà ‘na casa. The translation is below: I want to build a house in the middle of the sea, All plastered with peacock feathers, Tra la la... With silver and golden steps And balconies of precious stones, Tra la la... When my girl looks out the window Everyone says now the sun’s come out Tra la la... | Paul Potts