The signature musical theme that opens the piece closely models a theme that appears early in the Overture to "La Forza del Destino" by Giuseppe Verdi. There are also different sets of lyrics for the song in Italian (Parla Più Piano) and also in Sicilian (Brucia La Terra). The Sicilian...
in the opera Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). A similar melody also appears in the Overture to La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). There are also different sets of lyrics for the song in Italian ("Parla Più Piano"),French ("Parle Plus Bas") and also ...