What is Caruso singing in Boardwalk Empire?

General Schvantzkoph

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Sep 25, 2010, 1:30:28 AM9/25/10

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What is Caruso singing when Big Jim Colosimo is whacked at the end of the
first episode of Boardwalk Empire? His brains are blown out onto a photo
of Caruso as Pagliacci, but I'm pretty sure the music isn't from
Pagliacci. Is it from Cavalleria Rusticana?

Count of Warwick

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Sep 25, 2010, 8:42:30 AM9/25/10

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On Sep 25, 6:30 am, General Schvantzkoph <schvantzk...@yahoo.com>
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Could we have a clip of the film so we can have a guess, General?

C of W, curious

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Sep 25, 2010, 1:47:24 PM9/25/10

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On Sep 25, 1:30 am, General Schvantzkoph <schvantzk...@yahoo.com>
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Yes, it is "O Lola ch`ai di latti la cammisa" from CavRus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVuEo-n7bqA

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Sep 25, 2010, 1:55:07 PM9/25/10

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I haven't seen this show, but I am sure Caruso was singing this in
Sicilian, as is the custom, and not in Italian. I don't have the
Sicilian words handy, but many words, such as cammisa, end with a "u"
and come out "cammisu."

Ed

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Sep 25, 2010, 3:23:12 PM9/25/10

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In the linked recording it is clearly "cammisa", Mr. Kreskin. But
perhaps you can assist me with another thorny question. What will be
the final score of the Jets/Dolphins game tomorrow evening?
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Sep 25, 2010, 4:36:22 PM9/25/10

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> I haven't seen this show, but I am sure Caruso was singing this in
> Sicilian, as is the custom, and not in Italian. I don't have the
> Sicilian words handy, but many words, such as cammisa, end with a "u"
> and come out "cammisu."
>
> Ed >

Here's a tranche of guys pronouncing 'cammisa' as 'cammisa'. In fact,
the only one I could find who didn't pronounce it 'cammisa' was Joseph
Schmidt who pronounced it 'wanger'. And that's because he sang it in
German.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuZo_J8MJlE&feature=related
Corelli

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGd6GFYgmEo&feature=related
Del Monaco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hMlBd41M8A&feature=related
Di Stefano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc-fhsw29Lw&feature=related
Gigli

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86nDpDAvXzU&feature=related
Schipa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpdXttPU8iI&feature=related
Martinelli

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5JxmxzVpLo&feature=related
Peerce

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI4dE5Pq2DU&feature=related
Tucker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk_vzuTBYbo&feature=related
Bjoerling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sJYDgIPP9A&feature=related
Melton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQetJl_Ps2Y&feature=related
Kraus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRFGFdpNOEE&feature=related
Placi