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	Topics O mio babbino caro Topic Home *O mio babbino caro* (Oh my dear papa) is an aria Aria An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment.... from the opera Opera Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition.... Gianni Schicchi Gianni Schicchi *Gianni Schicchi* is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, based on a story that is referred to in Dante The Divine Comedy.... (1918) by Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italians composer whose operas, including La boh?me, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the List of important operas.... (music) and Giovacchino Forzano Giovacchino Forzano Giovacchino Forzano was an Italy playwright, librettist, stage director, and film director. A resourceful writer, he produced opera librettos for most of the major Italian composers of the early twentieth century, including the librettos for Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi.... (Libretto Libretto A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, Musical theater, and ballet.... ). It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between Schicchi and his prospective in-laws have reached a breaking point that threatens to separate her from Rinuccio, the boy she loves. It provides a contrasting interlude expressing lyrical simplicity and single-hearted love in the atmosphere of hypocrisy, jealousy, double-dealing and feuding in medieval Florence Florence Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 .... of Puccini's only comedy, and it provides the only set-piece in the through-composed conversational musical give-and-take. Among the more famous sopranos who have performed this aria are Frances Alda Frances Alda Frances Alda was a New Zealand-born soprano. She achieved fame as an operatic diva during the first three decades of the 20th Century due to her outstanding singing voice and colourful personality.... , Maria Callas Maria Callas Maria Callas was an American-born Greeks soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts.... , Victoria de los Ángeles Victoria de los Ángeles Victoria de los ?ngeles was a Spanish operatic soprano and recitalist from Catalonia whose career began in the early 1940s and reached its height in the mid 1960s.... , Montserrat Caballé Montserrat Caballé Montserrat Caball? is a Spain Catalan people operaticsoprano. One of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century,she possesses a voice of remarkable beauty and of great range... , Joan Hammond Joan Hammond Dame Joan Hammond Order of the British Empire Order of St Michael and St George was a New Zealand-born Australian soprano, singing coach and golfer.... , Anna Netrebko Anna Netrebko Anna Yur?yevna Netrebko born in Krasnodar, Russia, is a Russian-Austrian operatic soprano who currently resides in Vienna.... , Dame Kiri Te Kanawa Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, Order of New Zealand, Order of the British Empire, Order of Australia, is a New Zealand soprano who had a highly successful international opera career between 1968-2004.... , Sissel Kyrkjebø Sissel Kyrkjebø Sissel Kyrkjeb? , also known as just Sissel, is a Norway soprano. She is best known for singing the Olympic Hymn at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, for duets with Pl?cido Domingo, Charles Aznavour, Jos? Carreras, Neil Sedaka, Warren G, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Josh Groban, Diana K... , Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Order of the British Empire was a German-born Austrian/British opera singer and recitalist. She was amongst the most renowned opera singers of the 20th Century, much admired for her performances of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Strauss and Hugo Wolf.... , Angela Gheorghiu Angela Gheorghiu Angela Gheorghiu in Adjud, Romania is one of the most renowned operatic singers of the 21st Century. Since her professional debut in 1990, she has sung as soprano leading roles at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden's Royal Opera House, the Vienna State Opera, Milan's La Scala, and many other major opera houses in Europe and the U... , Sarah Brightman Sarah Brightman Sarah Brightman is an English people Crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She sings in many different languages including English language, Spanish language, French language, Latin language, German language, Italian language, Hindi language and Chinese language.... , Renée Fleming Renée Fleming File:Ren?e Fleming 2008.jpgRen?e Fleming is an accomplished American soprano specializing in opera and lieder. Fleming possesses an agile full lyric soprano voice endowed with ringing freedom and apparent ease near the extreme top of its range.... , and Renata Tebaldi Renata Tebaldi Renata Tebaldi was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano, popular in the post-World War II period. Acclaimed as one of the most beloved opera singers of all time, she primarily focused on the verismo roles of the lyric and dramatic repertoires.... . le>
O mio babbino caro Mi piace è bello, bello Vo' andare in Porta Rossa a comperar l'anello! Sì, sì, ci voglio andare! e se l'amassi indarno, andrei sul Ponte Vecchio Ponte Vecchio The Ponte Vecchio is a Middle Ages bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common.... , ma per buttarmi in Arno Arno River The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber.The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennine Mountains, and takes initially a southward curve.... ! Mi struggo e mi tormento! O Dio, vorrei morir! Babbo, pietà, pietà! Babbo, pietà, pietà!	O my dear papa I like him, he is handsome, handsome I want to go to Porta Rossa to buy the ring! Yes, yes, I want to go there! And if my love were in vain, I would go to the Ponte Vecchio Ponte Vecchio The Ponte Vecchio is a Middle Ages bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common.... and throw myself in the Arno Arno River The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber.The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennine Mountains, and takes initially a southward curve.... ! I am aching, I am tortured! Oh God, I'd like to die! Father, have pity, have pity! Father, have pity, have pity!

as also become popular with non-operatic sopranos such as Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman is an English people Crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She sings in many different languages including English language, Spanish language, French language, Latin language, German language, Italian language, Hindi language and Chinese language....
, Charlotte Church

Charlotte Church

Charlotte Idris Church is a Wales singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter. She rose to fame in childhood as a European classical music before branching into pop music in 2005....
, Sissel Kyrkjebø

Sissel Kyrkjebø

Sissel Kyrkjeb? , also known as just Sissel, is a Norway soprano. She is best known for singing the Olympic Hymn at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, for duets with Pl?cido Domingo, Charles Aznavour, Jos? Carreras, Neil Sedaka, Warren G, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Josh Groban, Diana K...
, and Hayley Westenra

Hayley Westenra

Hayley Dee Westenra is a New Zealand soprano. Her first internationally released album, Pure , reached No 1 on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million copies worldwide....
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O mio babbino caro (Oh my dear papa) is an aria

Aria

An aria in music was originally any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a singer. The term is now used almost exclusively to describe a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment....
from the opera

Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
Gianni Schicchi
Gianni Schicchi

Gianni Schicchi is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, based on a story that is referred to in Dante The Divine Comedy....
(1918) by Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italians composer whose operas, including La boh?me, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the List of important operas....
(music) and Giovacchino Forzano

Giovacchino Forzano

Giovacchino Forzano was an Italy playwright, librettist, stage director, and film director. A resourceful writer, he produced opera librettos for most of the major Italian composers of the early twentieth century, including the librettos for Giacomo Puccini's Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi....
(Libretto

Libretto

A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, Musical theater, and ballet....
). It is sung by Lauretta after tensions between Schicchi and his prospective in-laws have reached a breaking point that threatens to separate her from Rinuccio, the boy she loves. It provides a contrasting interlude expressing lyrical simplicity and single-hearted love in the atmosphere of hypocrisy, jealousy, double-dealing and feuding in medieval Florence

Florence

Florence is the Capital city of the Italy Regions of Italy of Tuscany and of the provinces of Italy Province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany and has a population of 364,779 ....
of Puccini's only comedy, and it provides the only set-piece in the through-composed conversational musical give-and-take.

Among the more famous sopranos who have performed this aria are Frances Alda

Frances Alda

Frances Alda was a New Zealand-born soprano. She achieved fame as an operatic diva during the first three decades of the 20th Century due to her outstanding singing voice and colourful personality....
, Maria Callas

Maria Callas

Maria Callas was an American-born Greeks soprano and one of the most renowned opera singers of the twentieth century. She combined an impressive bel canto technique with great dramatic gifts....
, Victoria de los Ángeles

Victoria de los Ángeles

Victoria de los ?ngeles was a Spanish operatic soprano and recitalist from Catalonia whose career began in the early 1940s and reached its height in the mid 1960s....
, Montserrat Caballé

Montserrat Caballé

Montserrat Caball? is a Spain Catalan people operaticsoprano. One of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century,she possesses a voice of remarkable beauty and of great range...
, Joan Hammond

Joan Hammond

Dame Joan Hammond Order of the British Empire Order of St Michael and St George was a New Zealand-born Australian soprano, singing coach and golfer....
, Anna Netrebko

Anna Netrebko

Anna Yur?yevna Netrebko born in Krasnodar, Russia, is a Russian-Austrian operatic soprano who currently resides in Vienna....
, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Kiri Te Kanawa

Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa, Order of New Zealand, Order of the British Empire, Order of Australia, is a New Zealand soprano who had a highly successful international opera career between 1968-2004....
, Sissel Kyrkjebø

Sissel Kyrkjebø

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Order of the British Empire was a German-born Austrian/British opera singer and recitalist. She was amongst the most renowned opera singers of the 20th Century, much admired for her performances of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Strauss and Hugo Wolf....
, Angela Gheorghiu

Angela Gheorghiu

Angela Gheorghiu in Adjud, Romania is one of the most renowned operatic singers of the 21st Century. Since her professional debut in 1990, she has sung as soprano leading roles at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden's Royal Opera House, the Vienna State Opera, Milan's La Scala, and many other major opera houses in Europe and the U...
, Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman

Renée Fleming

File:Ren?e Fleming 2008.jpgRen?e Fleming is an accomplished American soprano specializing in opera and lieder. Fleming possesses an agile full lyric soprano voice endowed with ringing freedom and apparent ease near the extreme top of its range....
, and Renata Tebaldi

Renata Tebaldi

Renata Tebaldi was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano, popular in the post-World War II period. Acclaimed as one of the most beloved opera singers of all time, she primarily focused on the verismo roles of the lyric and dramatic repertoires....
.

Libretto

O mio babbino caro
Mi piace è bello, bello
Vo' andare in Porta Rossa
a comperar l'anello!
Sì, sì, ci voglio andare!
e se l'amassi indarno,
andrei sul Ponte Vecchio

Ponte Vecchio

The Ponte Vecchio is a Middle Ages bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common....
,
ma per buttarmi in Arno

Arno River

The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber.The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennine Mountains, and takes initially a southward curve....
!
Mi struggo e mi tormento!
O Dio, vorrei morir!
Babbo, pietà, pietà!
Babbo, pietà, pietà!

O my dear papa
I like him, he is handsome, handsome
I want to go to Porta Rossa
to buy the ring!
Yes, yes, I want to go there!
And if my love were in vain,
I would go to the Ponte Vecchio

Ponte Vecchio

The Ponte Vecchio is a Middle Ages bridge over the Arno River, in Florence, Italy, noted for still having shops built along it, as was once common....

and throw myself in the Arno

Arno River

The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the most important river of central Italy after the Tiber.The river originates on Mount Falterona in the Casentino area of the Apennine Mountains, and takes initially a southward curve....
!
I am aching, I am tortured!
Oh God, I'd like to die!
Father, have pity, have pity!
Father, have pity, have pity!

Cultural resonance outside opera

It has also become popular with non-operatic sopranos such as Sarah Brightman

Sarah Brightman

Charlotte Church

Sissel Kyrkjebø

Hayley Westenra

Joshua Bell

Joshua David Bell is an American Grammy Award-winning violinist....
also has produced a recording of it on his album Romance of the Violin. The rock group East Village Opera Company

East Village Opera Company

The East Village Opera Company is rock group cofounded by vocalist Tyley Ross and arranger/multi-instrumentalist Peter Kiesewalter. Vocalist AnnMarie Milazzo was then recruited to provide female vocals....
covered the aria and transformed it into an R&B-styled arrangement. Carlo Aonzo (mandolin) and Beppe Gambetta

Beppe Gambetta

Beppe Gambetta is an Italy musician born in Genoa in 1952. He defines himself an acoustic guitarist, his passions include folk songs and flatpicking....
(guitar) also produced a recording of the song on their 2001 album Traversata.

The aria was lip-synched to comic success by Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Atkinson

'Rowan Sebastian Atkinson' is an England comedian, actor and writer, famous for his work on the classic sitcoms Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line and Mr....
in the film Mr. Bean's Holiday, as the title character and the young lad he was traveling with became street performers to raise money to get to Cannes

Cannes

Cannes is a city in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France in the region of Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur in southeastern France. It is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera....
.

The 1930s English singer Gracie Fields

Gracie Fields

Dame Gracie Fields, Order of the British Empire , born Grace Stansfield, was an England/Italy singer and comedienne who became one of the greatest stars of both film and music hall....
also recorded an English version of the song which proved to be a rarity. The song has the following lyrics, which were a rather different translation from the one above:

Oh My Beloved Father,
I love him, I love him!
I’ll go to Porta Rossa,
To buy our wedding ring.
Oh yes, I really love him.
And if you still say no,
I’ll go to Ponte Vecchio,
And throw myself below.
My love for which I suffer,
At last, I want to die.
Father I pray, I pray.
Father I pray, I pray.