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The name of Madame Hortense's 'grand succès'?


When spending their first night in the village Madame Hortense performs for Basil and Zorba. She dances and sings to an Italian song and claims it is her "grand succès" Does anyone happen to know the name of this song and where I can find it?

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It is a Greek song called "Riri Ririka" from the operetta "Our Ririka" (1929) by Mastoras Stathis. The song was a big hit in Greece and it still sounds familiar. The most recent recording in a popular CD is by Eleni Tsaligopoulou; I checked and it's not in Amazon, so you can only find it in Greece.

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Thank you so much! I never thought I would get this question answered, thank you!

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Welcome. And since you are very kind, this is a site where you can listen to it (it's No 13)
http://www.123play.gr/123play/EN/album.aspx?SITE_ID=3&albumid=100155

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Oh, thank you very much. That really made my day!:-)

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