Zazà Italian pronunciation: [dzadˈdza] is an opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo, with the libretto by the composer. Its première at the Teatro Lirico di Milano on 10 November 1900, starring Rosina Storchio as Zazà, Edoardo Garbin as Milio, Mario Sammarco as Cascart and Clorinda Pini-Corsi as Anaïde, and conducted by Arturo Toscanini, began its triumphant run of performances in opera houses around the world.
Over the next twenty years it received over fifty new productions from Palermo to Paris, Buenos Aires to Moscow, Cairo to San Francisco, arriving at The Metropolitan Opera on 16 January 1920 in a production directed by David Belasco and conducted by Roberto Moranzoni, starring Geraldine Farrar, Giulio Crimi and Pasquale Amato, and later Giovanni Martinelli and Giuseppe De Luca. La bohème and Zazà are the operas of Leoncavallo's which most nearly matched the success of Pagliacci.
The story of the opera concerns the French music hall singer, Zazà and her affair and subsequent decision to leave her lover, Milio, when she discovers that he is married. The score is rich with the colorful details of the French music halls where Leoncavallo had spent his early years as a composer.
Zaz may refer to:
Isabelle Geffroy (born 1 May 1980 in Tours, France), better known by the nickname Zaz, is a French singer-songwriter who mixes jazzy styles, French variety, soul and acoustic. She is famous for her hit "Je veux", from her first album, Zaz, released on 10 May 2010.
Her mother was a Spanish teacher, and her father worked for an electric company. In 1985, she entered the Conservatoire de Tours with her sister and her brother, attending courses from the ages of five to eleven. She studied music theory, specifically the violin, piano, guitar, and choral singing. In 1994, she moved to Bordeaux. In 1995, she took singing lessons and played sports for a year in Bordeaux, all while studying kung fu with a professional coach. In 2000, she won a scholarship from the regional council, which allowed her to join a school of modern music, the CIAM (Centre for Musical Activities and Information) of Bordeaux. Her musical influences included 'Four Seasons' by Vivaldi, jazz singers such as Ella Fitzgerald, and other singers such as Enrico Macias, Bobby McFerrin, and Richard Bona, as well as African, Latin, and Cuban rhythms. In 2006, she moved to Paris.
Don't know who you are
Or what this means
But I can't deny what I've seen
There's a dream I've seen
Now I believe you're somewhere out there, wandering
Can't tell you how it ends
the story's barely there, about to begin
But I can see your light
As the daylight turns to night
I've been waiting forever, ever
And I've been thinking you'd never, ever come around
You're here, it's clear that you're gonna stay
Those parts of the past we'll throw away
And I don't wanna let you go
'cause in my heart I know
You know everything about me
I don't wanna wake up from this dream
Then the alarm rings
Well its pretty clear, clear to me
That you're really here, you don't wanna leave
There's something wrong, you're walking on and I can see your shadows, on every turn
Well it goes by way too fast, and my memories stay from the past
Why do we always say forever, actually, forever never lasts
I've been waiting forever, ever
And I've been thinking you'd never, ever come around
You're here, it's clear that you're gonna stay
Those parts of the past we'll throw away
And I don't wanna let you go
'cause in my heart I know
You know everything about me
I don't wanna wake up from this dream
Then the alarm rings
In my mind its always better
Don't make me
Can you really see what you do to me
If I lose you I lose a part of mewait forever
Can you tell me why this is happening
Are you something that I'm imagining?
If you have to leave, promise me, you'll be back and you're sorry
Well its pretty clear, clear to me
That you're really here, you don't wanna leave
I've been waiting forever, ever
And I've been thinking, you'd never, ever come around
You're here, it's clear that you're gonna stay
Those parts of the past we'll throw away
And I don't wanna let you go
'cause in my heart I know
You know everything about me
I don't wanna wake up from this dream
Then the alarm rings