Opera title: | Gianni Schicchi |
Composer: | Giacomo Antonio Puccini |
Language: | Italian |
Synopsis: | Gianni Schicchi Synopsis |
Libretto: | Gianni Schicchi Libretto |
Translation(s): | Not entered yet. |
Type: | aria |
Role(s): | Lauretta |
Voice(s): | Soprano |
Act: | 1 |
Previous scene: | Firenze e come un albero fiorito |
Next scene: | Povero Buoso |
The great Italian soprano Claudia Muzio (1889-1936) in Lauretta's aria "O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. The recording was made in 1918 for Pathé. Between the late 1910s and early 1920s, Muzio was a leading soprano in the Italian wing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. It's worth noting that she created the role of Giorgetta in Il tabarro, in the world première of Puccini's triple-bill, Il trittico, on 14 December 1918 at the Metropolitan Opera (Meanwhile, the role of Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi was created by Florence Easton on the same day).
The English translation of the sung text is written by Giuseppe Cusmano
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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,
ma per buttarmi in Arno!
Mi struggo e mi tormento!
O Dio, vorrei morir!
Babbo, pietà , pietà !
Babbo, pietà , pietà !
Oh my dear papa,
I love 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 I loved him in vain,
I would go to the Ponte Vecchio,
but to throw myself in the Arno!
I am anguished and tormented!
Oh God, I'd want to die!
Papa, have pity, have pity!
Papa, have pity, have pity!
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