Music of the Week: November 28, 2025: Ornella Vanoni – L’Appuntamento
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Music of the Week
L’Appuntamento
Ornella Vanoni
Music of the Week, November 28, 2025
L’Appuntamento
Ornella Vanoni
The Italian music icon Ornella Vanoni died last week at age 91. Several generations of Italians lived with her soulful melodies and unforgettable lyrics during no less than seven decades of public appearances. Vanoni was unique and uniquely loved as one of Italy’s most talented musical artists. In 1993, she received the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Her music and performances had a personal, expressive, and mellow style mastering a vast repertoire ranging from the early canzoni della mala—a genre of songs that deal with gangland stories and the underworld of crooks, criminals, and corrupt policemen—to music in the traditions of jazz, bossa nova, and pop. As an eight-time participant in the famous San Remo music festival, she was the lady of la musica leggera, Italian popular music in the style of American crooners (many of whom were of Italian descent). During her long career, she worked with many of the most famous jazz musicians and musical artists both in Italy and internationally.
Out of her more than 100 albums and singles, it is difficult to choose one piece, but let it be “L’Appuntamento,” a song that she recorded in 1970 that constitutes an adaptation of the original Brazilian composition by Roberto and Erasmo Carlos. The song had a rebirth of popularity in 2004 when it was featured on the soundtrack of the movie Ocean’s Twelve.
Do listen to more of her songs, a selection of which is provided in the links below.
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E’ morta Ornella Vanoni, mito della musica italiana. Aveva 91 anni. Malore nella sua casa di Milano (FQ Magazine)
Ornella Vanoni (Wikipedia)
“L’Appuntamento” (Wikipedia)
Some of Ornella’s recordings:
Ornella Vanoni – Dettagli (1973)
Ornella Vanoni e Toquinho Samba per Vinicius (YouTube)
Ornella Vanoni – Senza fine (Live 1970) (YouTube)
Ornella Vanoni – La voglia, la pazzia (YouTube)
Ornella Vanoni – Adesso (1999) – Full Album
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That’s two songs in Italian in a row! I really enjoyed listening to this one! I sometimes forget how much I love music in other languages since I don’t listen to tons of music these days.
Now, don’t laugh at me and my former ignorance (actually, it’s fine to – I do), but my first exposure to a lot of different music from other countries (all at once, at least) was from the Eurovision song contest – specifically a best-of its first 50 years which was aired some 20 years ago. They had a 2-disc set of tracks for the event, and it included both winners and other favorites from each year (I had it imported). I haven’t been the same since.
Despite what truths could possibly be said about the contest itself, many a beautiful tune were once given to air by it – especially in its early years – and they are beautiful still, particularly the studio versions from the aforementioned set.
Among these was one in Italian, called “Non Ho L’Età” (winner of ’64):
https://youtu.be/ISuVYX6RYXQ?si=ljF_4OxmhjhWEG8d
(Studio version)
https://youtu.be/Utd9cHBPfRA?si=CvJJwWhXwNWHNE-n
(Live Contest version)
While the lyrics imply an unspecified age difference, it also implies an innocence and a desire to retain it in a manner more in conformance with nature (if I’m comprehending it correctly – I don’t know Italian as well as I desire to) which, along with the song’s inherent beauty, makes for a rather compelling and awe-inspiring listen. There are also versions in other languages (Spanish and French at least).
Translation can be found here:
https://www.diggiloo.net/?1964it
Isin’t that beautiful. I have seen once before. I agree, Eurovision is a good way to find all sorts of talent and interesting performances!