'La Spagnola' by Gina Lollobrigida, 1955. English & Italian subs

'La spagnola', The Spanish Woman, a popular Italian song, sometimes classified as "Neapolitan bolero", was written by Italian singer and songwriter Vincenzo Di Chiara in 1906. It immediately gained international popularity, lasting till today. Greatest voices of 20th century opera, like Rosa Ponselle or Beniamino Gigli were among those who recorded this piece. Another type of interpretation, associated with dance, was offered by Italian cinema superstar of the 1950s, Gina Lollobrigida, in the 1955 movie 'La donna più bella del mondo' (a.k.a. 'Beautiful but Dangerous'). The movie presents a fictionalized biography of an Italian opera singer Lina Cavalieri, who began her career as an actress in small, cheap theatres, performing in pubs & the like. In her debut performance Lina sings & dances 'La Spagnola'. It's a fictional element of this biography, for the real Lina Cavalieri in 1906 was already an opera star, but never mind. Lollobrigida's performance gained huge popularity in the 1950's and now is considered one of the classic interpretations of the song. Our clip brings back this performance.
The video offers two subtitle tracks: the Italian subs just display what the singer sings, the English language track shows a translation found on the Internet (lyricstranslate.com/en/la-spa.... The viewer can toggle between these tracks or switch the subs off by clicking the 'settings' button on the bottom bar of the window.

[@BAMB9396]

R.I.P BEAUTIFUL GINA... THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GREAT MOVIES AND SONGS!! I LOVE YOU FOREVER!!! 💔😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@bezonshroff]

Didn't know she could sing ... so well ! Thank You Kerbicz !

[@albertpa6429]

Bellissima e bravissima!

[@mariamarisi6154]

Beautiful Gina Lollobrigida.
We will miss you.
R.I.P

[@lisalasoya2898]

Hurray, Hurrah Ms. Lollobrigida is singing and dancing to "Bella," you seem delightful in your approach. And, the Spanish tap-dancing gives it a groove.

[@aliciamarfull5464]

Canta ella o la soprano Cavalieri, ella dobla

[@francoisrossini9889]

Mio rimpianto padre quando lavorava al Bar Santarelli in piazza Bologna a Roma aveva incontrato Gina e Amedeo Nazzari. Negli anni 60 in Belgio, mi ha portato al cinema per vedere la sua diva nei film "La reine de Saba e Annarella di Brooklin" E la mia attrice preferita con Anna Magnani e Annie Girardot.

[@user-tu7uz3fg8m]

Поет,лепит,рисует,фотографирует,все в поошедшем времени

[@debasishpaul2227]

Loved much seeing the dance of Gina 💖 Love you.

[@malta2027]

No auto tune here, this is a real voice!

[@carlfranzensvocalstudio9826]

She was a lyric soprano, studied opera

[@renatoalberto8821]

Verdadeiro tesouro ❤

[@user-sb8im4ws4b]

Милая❤❤❤

[@teresaterenia5225]

Dziękuję bardzo Ci piękna Gino ❤❤❤❤

[@R-vb4ge804]

RIP

[@gavinbagares8907]

Did she sing the songs herself?

[@vivamigorky1646]

Yes, she did!

[@slove0121]

❤

[@ornellaserpi4837]

🌹🙏🌸💗

[@user-nw6sx3wv8y]

좋아 아주좋아 매우좋아

[@alexkije]

2nd song is The Bowery, vaudeville song.

[@kerbicz]

Second Song??

[@user-rv6um2ie4d]

Почему одна из частей фильма " Красивая, но опасная" не дублирована на русский язык?

[@wm.traynor1143]

Well who knew Gina sang?😊👏

[@user-kk7uv4qq7h]

برافو شم تلشبخ تلوس

[@ralphzamoyski2807]

Lovely woman! But her singing is more Italian than Spanish. Same like Pavarotti's "Granada" no es tan expresivo como Carrera's! You need that Spanish blood for singing the Spanish tunes!

[@kerbicz]

But it _is_ an Italian tune, please read the description above. 🙂