Italian Tenor, Pasquale Esposito, performs O SOLE MIO accompanied by the Mission Chamber Orchestra conducted by Emily Ray at the historic Herbst Theater on Sunday, December 18, 2011 in San Francisco, California.
"'O sole mio" is a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898. Its lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the melody was composed by Eduardo di Capua. There are other versions of "'O sole mio" but it is usually sung in the original Neapolitan language. 'O sole mio is the Neapolitan equivalent of standard Italian Il sole mio and translates literally as "my sunshine".
"'O Sole Mio" has been performed and covered by many artists, including such stalwarts of opera as Enrico Caruso, Rosa Ponselle, Beniamino Gigli, Mario Lanza, Andrea Bocelli, The Canadian Tenors and The Three Tenors. It has also been performed by the Il Volo, a trio of Italian operatic pop teenage singers, consisting of Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto, and Gianluca Ginoble. It has also been performed by rock/pop artists such as Dalida, Anna Oxa, Bryan Adams, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Vitas (who sings it in a high countertenor range), Al Bano, Elvis Presley ("It's Now or Never") and most recently[when?] Erasure's Andy Bell in TV show Popstar to Operastar. Sergio Franchi recorded this song on his 1962 RCA Victor Red Seal debut album, Romantic Italian Songs.[4] Luciano Pavarotti won the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance for his rendition of "'O Sole Mio."

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