Rondine al nido is a romance and one of the best known works of the Italian composer Vincenzo de Crescenzo, whose music was in the repertoire of Beniamino Gigli, Tito Schipa, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Richard Tucker, Luciano Pavarotti, Luigi Infantino, Ramón Vargas, Robert Dean Smith, Francesco Albanese, among many others.
[2] The song was sung by tenor Agostino Castagnola as The Doctor (EMH) portrayed by Robert Picardo in the 13th episode, Virtuoso, of the sixth season of the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager.
[4][5] Rondine al Nido is also the title of a short story by Claire Vaye Watkins, from her collection Battleborn.
Ritorna tutti gli anni, Sempre alla stessa data, Monti e mare essa varca per tornar.
Cinguettano le rondini nel volo, Ebbre di luce e d'aria.
Ed io son triste e solo; Monti e mare tu non varchi per tornar.
The following is a selection of recordings that includes "Rondine al nido" sung by some of its most famous interpreters.