This is the torch song from La Dolce Vita by Federico Fellini, written by Nino Rota in tribute to the heart-stopping beauty of Anita Ekberg, who died today, aged 83. It is sung by Katyna Ranieri, the first Italian singer ever to perform at the Oscars.
The tenor Ian Bostridge shocked Symphony Hall Birmingham…
The orchestra’s president Gary Ginstling has engaged Katya…
The Berlin Philharmonic chief conductor Kirill Petrenko has…
He is already music director of the Metropolitan…
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As I think about Anita Ekberg the song I prefer is one from Bob Dylan:
“My telephone rang it would not stop,
It’s President Kennedy callin’ me up.
He said, ‘My friend, Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?’
I said, ‘My friend, John, Brigitte Bardot…Anita Ekberg…Sophia Loren…
Country ‘ll grow'”