The merry Neapolitan tune sings of a young man, who compares his sweetheart to a volcano and invites her to join him on a romantic walk up to the summit.

Luciano Pavarotti (12 October 1935 - 6 September 2007), an Italian tenor, was one of the most famous singers of the past century, not only in the world of opera and classical music, but across all genres. The sheet music was published by Ricordi and sold over a million copies within a year.

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Edward Oxenford, a lyricist and translator of librettos,In 2001 a video parody of the song was released by The melody was used for "The Grape Escape Board Game" commercials, which aired in the US in 1992.The funicular was later destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 1944.According to one source, Denza was the son of the proprietor of the Quisisana.







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The merry Neapolitan tune sings of a young man, who compares his sweetheart to a volcano and invites her to join him on a romantic walk up to the summit.It was written to mark the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius – and within the year, the song had done the 19th-century equivalent of shooting to the top of the charts.



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