# Italian music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-music/178920 "2003-06-01T07:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-music/178920/1 "2003-06-01T07:20:08Z")
Anyone out there know some good, passionate italian love songs? I’m looking for mood-writing music, and my subject happens to be, well, Italian, and, well, a passionate lover. Anyone have any suggestions? Wow. My threadwriting skills just suck this early in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![BellaVoce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@BellaVoce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellaVoce)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-music/178920/2 "2003-06-01T12:18:05Z")
“Amarilli, Mia Bella” by Carissimi ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-music/178920/3 "2003-06-01T17:00:19Z")
Alex Britti had some lovely love songs. ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-music/178920/4 "2003-06-01T18:27:54Z")
Is opera OK? Then you couldn’t go wrong with **Puccini** : –“Che gelida manina,” from **La Boheme** –“Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia” from **Madama Butterfly** –“E lucevan le stelle” from **Tosca** The first two are love duets. I personally like the Tosca aria the best (very sad but very beautiful).